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. PLAN AND PURPOSE
, There is a general .feeling among Coleopterists that something
should be done to provide closer, cooperation in the study of the tax¬
onomy of beetles. The younger workers in the field are particularly
handicapped by the lack of some method of knowing what other workers
are doing. By. maintaining a large correspondence over a period of
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years one can become familar with the work being’ done. The museum
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workers keep in contact through the reouests which come in for loans
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. of material. Other than that, one usually knows nothing about current
research until it appears in print in some journal.
rt would be a distinct advantage to each worker if he were in¬
formed as to the groups currently .being, .revised. , The reviser would
have more material to work with, and the collector would have his
material correctly identified by the authority in the group.
The purpose of this bulletin then, is to further the science of
Coleopterolcgy by providing a list of current workers and their specific
interests and desires. By this cooperation amongst Coleopterists, both
amateur and professional, our knowledge of many groups nay be made more
complete .
Begining with this introductory issue then, we are including a
list of the current workers who have responded to this idea. In addi¬
tion, some ecological and collecting notes have been contributed.
As now planned, this bulletin will include lists of determiners,
revisers and current workers. Lcological notes, collecting notes,
news items, short reviews and notices of locations of collections and
types will be welcome additions to the bulletin.
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AR APPEAL TO THE 'READER
With each issue of this bulletin there will be included a form tc
be filled out and returned immediately to provide, material for .the ' .. .
following issues. The life of this bulletin depends entirely upon
the response of its readers. This is the only source of material. So
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the reader’s cooperation is necessary.
THE AUITEUR AND THb, PROFESSIONAL
It may be well at this point to make one thing clear. Some
journals state that ’’amateurish” material is not wanted. An. amateur
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is not necessarily a person who is a novice or who is. unscientific . As
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every taxonomist well knows, the so-called ’’amateur” has laid much of
the very ground v;ork of our knowledge of the taxonomy of insects. So
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scientific journals, but rather the person who is not serious in his
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pursuit of the study. It is difficult to know where to set the limits,
but it is certainly not betweep the amateur and the professional.
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CUKRENT LIST OF C QLLOPTF.K IS TS AND ♦THEIR INTERESTS
This list is presented in alphabetical order fof this first lisc
ing. In following issues of the bulletin, they will be arranged
according to the families, of Coleoptera, with name's* arrd addresses
numbered and listed at the end of the bulletin.
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Arnett, Ross H. , Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca,
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Revising ; Forth American Oedemeridae
Borrow for study: Oedemeridae, Silphidae
Exchange : Nearly all families, N. , f Cent . • fc S. Amor., Pacific Is,
and some Indian material.
Desire : Sanerda hcrni , C ic ipdola sp.-ond particularly
a ny species' of Oederne r i da e .
Will determine : Oedemeridae , Silphidae j Histeridad
Baker, James iu , 2800 Broadway, Baker, Oregon.
Exchange ; Elateridae .* : . ■
Desire: Elateridae '• f-
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Ball, George E. , 604 Highland ltd., Ithaca, N.Y.
Ballou, Charles a., Jr., Lovell Street, Lincolndale ,. N.YV .
Comments : Will be glad to collect -for anyone' on any basis.
Tkr*. Ballou fs world collection of Histeridae is now in the
Chicago Natural History Luseum, ED. )
Barr, William F., 112 Agriculture Hall , University of California,
Berkeley 4, California.
Revising : Cleridae:. Cymatodera, U.
Borrow for study: Cymatodera
exchange : if. A. Coleoptera - :
Desire :~~Cleridae , Buprestidae
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species' of Folycesta .
Beer, Frank IC. , 113t North 18th, Salem, Oregon.
Exchange : Buprestidae, Cicindelidae , Scarabaeidae
Desire : Above families • \ . .
Comments: Will collect Oregon material ’ of- any- family of order of
insects in exchange for Buprestidae, Cic indelidae , ';'or Scarabaeidae
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Bissell, Theodore L., Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment, Ga.
exchange : Rhynchophora
Desire: Curculio , (Balaninus ) , C ha 1 cod emus ..
Bliss, Raymond .v. / 236 ^ . Evergreen avu., Philadelphia 18,'P.a., (Old
address, 127 Lanheim St.) - ' ‘ .
Interested in:'- Silphidae, especially Silphinae.
.exchange : Ivla to rial in Silphinae. . ' -
.Will determine: U.S. Silphinae.
Desire : Any material in the subfamily Silphinae not found in the
Philadelphia area.
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Comments: Ani interested in
by Hatch in Cat. Col.; in
biology also. Would like
id^as, also may bu able to
the subfamily Silphinae as delineated
taxonomy of all world species and in
to exchange material, information, anc
collect other groups for exchange.
Bottim^r, L. J. , Box 72b, Kerrville,
Texas.
Casselberry, R. C
55 Bdgemont ' Rd. , Scarsdale, K.Y.
Lxchange : Scarabs, will send list to interested exchangers by
Long’s Cat. number.
Desire: Buprestidae and Siipha sp. Also will furnish want lists
by Long’s Cat. no. to interested exchangers.
Crabill, Ralph, 126 Kelvin Place, Ithaca, K.Y.
Darlington, P. J. , Jr.,
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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge 38,
Revising: Carabidae of Hew Guinea and Philippines.
Desire: Carabidae of New Guinea and Philippines.
Borrow for study: Carabidae of Lew Guinea and Philippines.
Lx change : Carabidae from various regions..
Bieke , G . H. ,
1101 Argonne Drive, Baltimore-, KdP<
Revising: Lpilachna (Coccinellidae)
Sorrow for study: Lpilachna from any part of the world,
exchange: ~Mi sc. Coccinellidae of the world or .Coleoptera of
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La stern north America.
Desire: Coccinellidae of the world.
Comments : Will also buy Coccinellidae.
groups .
Will determine' certain
Dietrich, Henry, Comstock Ha'll, Ithaca, K.Y.
Comments: Do not have any distinct- desirata at present but shall
be glad to see what others want and possibably the Cornell
collection can supply .some.
Dillon, Lawrence 3., Reading Public Museum, Reading, Penna.
Revising. : Gnomini (Cerambycidae )
Borrow for study: Gnomini and Fijian Ceranbycidae .
Comments : I would like to hear from any person who
exotic Coleoptera (especially Cerambycidae ) who is
a correspondent of mine.
collects
not already
Dreisbach, Robert K, , 301 Helen bt«, Midland, Mich.
Working on: Coleoptera of Michigan.
Desire : Any Coleoptera that I do not have in mY collection,
have over 3,000 species at' present.
Lxchange : Have about 430 species of N.A. Cerambycidae and would
like to exchange for any not in ny collection.
Duncan, J. Bruce, 2762 Roilingwood Drive, Richmond, California.
Dybas, Henry S. , Division of Insects, Chicago Natural History Museum,
Chicago 5, Illinois.
Revising : Nanosellinae (Ptiliidae)
Desire : Cleridae of the world for exchange and study
Lx change ; Cleridae, U.S. U Exotic.
jaaston, Norman S. ,
458 High St. ,
Fall River, Mass.
Comment s : I will supply when possible specimens from my coilec-
- tion or by collections in this region.
Lnns, Wilbur R. , Department -of Entomology,
Columbia, Missouri.
University of Missouri,
Exchange : Meloidae, Chrysonelidae , Cicindelidae .
Desire : Meloidae, Cerambycidae, Hornia mi nut ipennis Riley
Fender, Kenneth M. , Route //3, McMinnville, Oregon.
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Revising : Cantharidae (except genus Cantharis)'
Desire : Podabrus, Silis, & M'althodes.
Exchange : Assorted Oregon' Coleoptera .
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Ferguson, Vfa. E. , 6180 Moraga Ave., Oakland 11, Calif.
Green, J. EM, R.D. -No. 2V, Easton, pa, • .
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Revising : plateros . , . ■
Borrow for study.: Plateros from U,3. ic‘ Canada. '•
"Desire : Podabrus and Lampyridae, except Photinus pyralis , from
the Louth, especially from southern Florida and -Texas.
Exchange-: Pa. and II. J. Coleoptera.
Hatch, Melville II. , Dept, of Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle
5, Washington. .• .• .
Comments; My interest is primarily the study of the Coleoptera
of tile pacific Northwest.'
Janvrin, Edmund R. P., M.D.‘, 38 Last Shth St., New York 28, II. Y.
Comments : I am not collecting actively any more, and so would not
be in a ' position to exchange specimens. I might however pur¬
chase interesting items ocassionally .
Jones, Edward W. , 941 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, Washington.
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Desire: All Elateridae.
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King, Wilbur L. , 503 Main St.*, Bethlehem, Pa.
Desire : Coleoptera from other states than Pennsylvania (named).
Exchange: Coleoptera from Pennsylvania.
Leech, Hugh B. , Bex 306, Vernon, B.C.
Exchange : Species of various tanilies, in'^papers .
Desire: "Hydrophilidae . - • .
Lug, inbill, Dr, Philip, Box 49b, Lafayette, Ind.
Revising: Phyllophaga . .. , • . : ■
Borrow for study: pHyllophaga spec mens.
Lx change-: phyllophaga . • , •_ ;
Desire: phyllophaga. ,
Comments: Interested only in Phyllophaga of the U.S. x Canada.
Mac Andrews, A. H. , New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse 10,
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Lxchange: Cerambycidao , Buprestidae, L.Ipidae.
pc? sire: Cerambycidao, Buprestidae, IpidaeL .
Kaehler, Kenneth L. , U.S.D.A., P.0,. Box 340, S. , .Honolulu, T.H.
Lxchange: Hawaiian Insects, all, groups. ... .
Lesire: Agrieul-turia-I and -Economic Coleoptera. . ‘ • a:
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Marshall, Dr. k. Y. , Veterans Administration, Wadsworth, Kansas. ~
Revising: Malachilhao .
Borrow; for study: Melachinus, Hicrolipus, Ant ho conus, Attalus.
Lxchange; Several hundred species of U.S. Coleoptera .
Desire: Trophimus, Tennopsophus , Chaetocoelus, Attalusinus.
Identify : kalachiinae . ... ■ ” . " : ’ /
Marx, Ldwa-rd-.F. , 115 Plymouth place, lie r chan t v.i 1 1 e#* - .
Studying: Donaciini ( Chrysoneli&ae ) '
Borrow Tor study: U. a. ^ Donaciini (Chpvsonelidae)
Lxchange : Donaciini from KV J. and Me. •
Desire: N. a. Donaciini, particularly Donacia subtil is Kunze
from Middle and Far West and D.. subtilis fulgens Lee.
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Ouellet, Brother Joseph, C.S.V., 7400 Bbul . St. Laurent, Montreal 14,
Canada. ...
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Lxchange : Have an extensive .list of Coleoptera from R.uebec, in
almost every family. . "
Desire : Coleoptera' from all parts, of U.S, A-., West Indies, and
South Ame r i c a .
Seev-er’s,. Charles H.-, Roosevelt College, 231
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Wells St**, Chicago, Ill
Revising : Cyrophsena (Staphyl'inidae ) also: The Termitophilous
Coleoptera of the Vest. Hemisphere, ( Aleocharinae ) .' •*'
Borrow for study : Termitophilous Coleoptera. Specimens -of
Cyrophaena .
Lxchange : Above groups.
Lesire : Above groups.
Genthner, Louis .G. , 22 Groveland Ave., Ledford, Oregon.
Revising: N . a. Hal.tica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae )
bor row for study : Haltica oregonensis Schffr.
Exchange Many species of Haitlcinae.
Desire : Lpitrix lobata Er..
Sanders, Robert R. , 1039 mast Howard, Pasadena 7, Calif.
jjXchdiye . Lise . Coleoptera, and will be collecting in Colorado
this summer.
£-e_sire: Typical examples of the families of Coleoptera, for a
teaching collection. • • _
C omne n t s : My mam interest .in Entomology1 is in aquatic insects
and I do not have very much in the way of Coleoptera.
Schuh, Joe, Box 101, Gresham, Oregon.
Exchange: Lise. Coleoptera.
Desire: Mi sc. Coleoptera.
j Comments : An interested in having nisc. Coleoptera named and in
^ exchanging Coleoptera.
Scott, F.T., Box 1149, Visalia, California.
Com nt s : I am not at present active in collecting or exchang¬
ing^ but have a large collection of Coleoptera.
Smith, Ray Fred, 112 Agriculture Hall, University of California,
Berkeley 4, California.
Revising : N. A. Diabrotica .
Borrow Tor study: Diabrotica of North and South America.
Exchange : . Diabrotica of North and South America.
Desire: Diabrotica of North and South America*
Stehr, Dr. Em. C., Prof, Entomology, Dept. Zoology, Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio.
Revising : ngonoderus s. str. , Carabidae.
Borrow for study : Any material from Nest of the Mississippi
River, except Minn, and 3.D. also Eastern Gulf Coast.
Thatcher, Theodore 0., 700 3. 31st St., 2-C, Richmond, California,
Interested: Primarily in Scolytidae - also interested in other
wood boring Coleoptera and Forest Insects.
borrow for study: Scolytidae - particularly Ips at the present
time .
nxc hange : Lestern Scolytidae and some other wood boring beetles.
De siru : Ne stern Ips.
Thomas, Charles A., Cedercroft Road., Kennett Square, Pa .
Desire : All stages of ^lateridae, especially accurately deter-
mmed larvau .
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Vaientine, Barry D.., 207 Williams Street, Ithaca, ll.£,
Exchange; Berth American Cerambycids, undetermined Coleoptera
from Guadalcanal and Bougainville* ; * -
Desire: Anthribidae ( Rhyne ophora )*' "of the world,1 'but preferably
from U. 5. or Solomon Islands.
Wilcox, John A. , f La Grange , Ohio. .
Desire:. Chrysonelidae , particularly the Alticinae.
exchange : Coleoptera from Ohio. a-
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Williams , ’ Dr . Eliot C., Jr., The Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2001
N, Clark. Street, Chicago 14, Ill.: .
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Wolcott , Albert"' Burke , 4706 Borthcott a ve Downers Grove, Ill. (Retired)
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iiCOLpaiC.X iiND COLLLCTIKG NOTES
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General Collecting :
ah excellent place to collect is on top of mountains, especially
if they are bare rocks such as Whiteface, Kc Intyre., Marcy and many
others in Hew York State; the White Mountains i-n Hew Hampshire and
Katahdin in Lame. The wind currents bring the insects to the top and
they can be picked off the rocks' where they are hanging on. Many
beetles can be collected in this way, but most other insects too, even
thv_ deer bot that is supposed to be such a fast flier, can be picked up
by hand. • •
Twipborers :
In the Spring many wood boring beetles may be collected by pick¬
ing up the broken twigs and small limbs under trees and splitting them
apart with a knife or small hatchet. Lost of the beetles have pupated
and are ready to come out and when an infested branch. is found, the
species will be found in goodly numbers. This is an excellent way of
obtaining Anobiidae and the rarer Scolytfdae, as well as their preda¬
tors. Under white pines look for cones that did not mature and break
them open, you will find Conophthorus coniperda Sz.
C.tenocera appressus Land. :
This interesting species has been collected in numbers along the
trails in the Adirondacks where the elevation is above 3500 feet and
the sphagnum is common. The males sun themselves on the ferns growing
in the sphagnum. The block females may be- found by tearing apart the
sphagnum. Females may be found marked like the males. The best time
to collect these in June and a good place is along the Van Hoevenburg
Trail to Lt. Larcy, N.Y. , right after you leave the Indian Fails leanto..
Henry Dietrich
Cornell University
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HnBITATS OF P OUOA IMVILLF COLLOPTLRA I
After spending over a year on Bougainville and collecting beetle,
part of the time, some interesting facts on distribution and habitats
have become evident.
The outstanding distributional fact is the strange relationship
between the many islands in the vicinity of the Solomons. I have seen
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material from Guadalcanal, Bougainville and New Georgia and in seeing
these series, one thing is evident - that is the faunal homogeneity of
the Solomons except for New Georgia which has apparently deviated and
developed independent lines. This is strange for New Georgia is almost
exactly between Guadalcanal and Bougainville, yet the beetles are
distinctly different. I imagine some good series and analytical work
will show an explanation. {See Mayr , Svstematics and the Origin of
Species , p. 82, 1944.)
The number of beetles that may be collected on Bougainville in a
few hours is fantastic, and one who collects Cerambycids will really
find them in abundance. They 'outnumber any other group of beetles
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practically two to one - 'at least in the jungle areas. The Prioninae
are the only ones which will come consistently to light. As a matter
of fact, in over ten years' collecting in* the" states and the tropics, I
have only taken two Prionids in the field; all the others were at light.
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The other Cerambycids are very common. Practically every bush
and plant has a few. If one desires series of five hundred or more
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specimens in a few minutes, collect from a dead branch with very little
undergrowth around it. Often they will’ be sitting there - crowded head
to tail and even two deep. There Is also a brown Nlaterid beetle about
an inch and one-half long which likes the same kind of branch, but
which is uasy to pass up for it looks more like dead wood than the branch
The genus Ba. toe era , the heavyweight of the Lamiinae, is easy to
find. V.’olk through the jungle and watch the top foliage of fig trees
end rattan pains. Be toe e re feeds on these trees and has a tendency to
stick to one snail area. Unless one of these spots is found one
probably will never collect any. Though occasionally they cone to
light 4 But once an area is found it can be collected week after week
and it is easy to knock down fifty specinens in a few days.
Curcul ionidae and bcarabaeidae are the next most common. Scarabs
will cone to light, but the big majority are diurnal and fly from flower
to flower. 7,'eevils are widely distributed, but they are not a-s numer¬
ous as the Cerambyc ids . Lore searching is necessary to find them.
Rhyne ophorus seems to like fresh tree stumps, while the rest can be
found almost anywhere. Many weevils travel in pairs and if one
specimen is found, the opposite sex can often be located just a few
inches away.
Barry D. Valentine
Ithaca, N.Y.
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EDITOR'S NOTE
The response to the first issue of this "bulletin was quite gratify¬
ing. Many have subscribed, and many have taken the trouble to write and
tell us their reactions to this idea. I v/ish to thank all who have
written for their kind suggestions and criticisms. If the material con¬
tinues to come in at the present rate, we will be able to carry on the
bulletin. Your continued support and cooperation is needed.
There are two main projects in viev; at present. They are: first to
make as complete a list as possible of North American determiners. 3y
early fall, we would like to devote nearly an entire issue to a list of
the families, subfamilies, and tribes of North American Coleoptera v/ith
a determiner for each group, as far as possible.
Our second project is to have more reviews of the current literature.
It will be greatly appreciated if the reader will send us reviews of any
new paper on the taxonomy or ecology of beetles.
To date we have been able to include only the North American Coleo-
pterists. Ve would like very much to expand this to include many foreign
Coleopterists. So far we have not had many letters from abroad. But all
will agree that it would be distinctly to our advantage if we could locate
good sources of foreign material. 'Therefore, if you will send us the
names and addresses of any of your foreign correspondents, we will write
to them and ask if they will cooperate with us.
Finally, we would like to publish lists of the locations of type
material. If Institutions maintaining collections which have type mater¬
ial would send us a list of that material we would gladly include it in
the bulletin. The location of some collections may seem obvious, for ex¬
ample, the location of the Casey types, but we would like these for the
record anyway . The locations of types not associated with large collect¬
ions could well be listed in detail, that is, the actual specific names
could "be listed.
These are suggestions. Any .you, the reader, may have will he welocme.
Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
EDITOR
ADDITIONS TO TEE CURRENT LIST OP CCLSCPTERISTS
Elis.s, Raymond Q. , Department of Zoology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pa. (Note: New Address).
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Determine : Silphinae of U.S.
Desire ; Silphinae, especially Nicrophorus of the world.
or row ; Silphinae, especially Ni.crophorus .
Exchange » Silphinae..
Comments: A3. so ■ interested in biological studies of these beetles
Bottimer, L. J.,-Box 722, Kerrville, Texas,
Exchange ; Will collect in certain. families for Bruchidae of western
U.S. and foreign countries. ‘
. Dcsire : Bruchidae of the world, especially from Mexico and south-
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O.L. Cartwright, Entomology Department, Clemson College, . Clemsoii, S.C.
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Revising: ‘ Pleurophorus'fe Ataenius : Scarabaeidae.
Be „ row : All available Pleurophorus right away. Revision pract¬
ically completed. .. • : 5 - " • '• - . .
Exc range : At aenius from all parts p-f. the ’world, especially from
’ Mexico, Central and South.. America. :
Casselberry, R,C . , 55 Edgemont Rd.., S cars dale, N.Y.
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Desire ; Chrysocnus auratus in large quantities. Please write me
. ii you will collect these during 19^-7 season.
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Cook, Carl,t,.. Crailhope, Kentucky. * '"■
exchange : Nearly all families- of North American Coleop’t era.
Desire : Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae, Cychr ini. *
Co.m.teut s : My main interest is in the Odonata and Papilios of the world,
but I also collect in the above . families of Coleoptera.
Downie, N. M., Elbridge, N.Y. .• • •: •
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■ ^ Comment s,: I' have a large quantity of mounted and papered specimens
(n. i . State) which I would be glad to exchange for North
American species, not in. rqy collection. I also have quite
. a few mount fed and papered specimens from Turkey, some. .of
these being named and some, not. These also I would glad-
■ - r i *ly exchange for American species new to my collection. I
• - • have a general collection of about l'S’,000- 20,000 specimens
and I am willing to trade for most anything except Western .
Tenebrionidae. Will send Leng Catalog numbers for the
papered specimens or will answer correspondence In. detail
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in reference to the mounted specimens. Also will furnish
a list of the Turkish specimens.
duBois, John J. , 205 Wayside Drive, Turlock, California.
Revising ;
Sorrow :
Exchange :
Desire :
Eurygeniidae (Pedilidae) : Coleoptera.
All Pedilidae (Coleoptera) except Pedilus.
pedilidae, nearly all, and all groups of Coleoptera.
All Pedilidae.
Gillogly, Lor in Pay, 5k62 l4th Avenue, Sacramento 17, California.
Determine : Near tic Nitidulidae,
Collect : Hitidulidae only.
Exchange : Will exchange any other families for Hitidulidae.
Guppy, Richard, R,l R. no. 1, Wellington, S.C., Canada.
Exchange : Vancouver Island Coleoptera.
Desire: Coleoptera of Vancouver Island only. Will also accept in
return cash or some families of H, Amer. Lepidoptera.
Comments: I cannot undertake to ship many orders during summer months,
hut will welcome correspondance with a view to ascertain¬
ing which species are worth taking.
Kicks, Stanton D. , 507 Canada Bldg. , Plant Inspection Office, Dept, of Agr.,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Comments: My interest as a working Coleopter ists has heen to collect
and record as correctly as possible the rarer native beetles
of extreme southern Ontario, Canada. Species common to
Europe and North America from this area have been a special
interest. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST- has been and will con¬
tinue to be the medium for recording names and notes, espec¬
ially when the host is considered important.
Knull, Josef IT., Department of Zoology & Entomology, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio.
Determine: North American Buprestidae, Elateridae, Cerambycidae.
Exchange: Will exchange the above families.
Leech, Hugh B. , Box 308, Vernon, B.C., Canada.
Comments : Would like to obtain by exchange, examples of. Hydro char a
obtusata (Leng Cat. No. 2795) from La., Ark., Mo., Kans.,
Okla, , Tex.
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Mackenzie, G, P., 1284 Sherwood Road, San Marino, 9> California.
Exchange: All groups of N. A. Coleoptera except Rhynchophora. My
exchange . list normally contains more than 600 named species;
all neatly mounted and labeled.
Mange, Emerson W. , 307 West Walnut St., Hanover, Pa.
Comments : At the present time I am especially interested in Diplotaxis
and will be glad to buy or exchange any other group for
them. My collection isn’t so large, but anyone is free to
use any of the specimens for study anytime they wish.
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Mar xf Edward J. F. , 115 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, P, j#
Determine ; Donaciini .
Desire;. Donacia subtilis Kunze and, its subspecies.
Borrow: N. Am.er. Donaciini, as much material as possible.
Exchange: Pa. and 21. J. Coleoptera.
head, Albert R. , Department of Zoology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
Stehr, Urn. C. , Ph.D., Prof, of Entomology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Comments : be have a considerable collection of insects of all orders
from the North Central, Northern Great Plains and South¬
eastern States, most of which are undetermined and which
we will gladly make available to specialists for study and
determination with the privilege of retaining duplicates, etc.
Sumerville, Bruce, 11 36 Delaware, Detroit 2, Michigan.
Townshend, Henry H. , 35 Hillhouse Ave. , New Haven 11, Conn.
Comments : I am interested in purchasing specimens of New England
Coleoptera ior my collection. - This would include neigh¬
boring states like New York.
White, Burdette E. , 703 23rd St., Merced, California.
Interested in ; Bruchidae, Chrysomelidae, Buprestidae.
•• xll determine : Cryo tocephalus , Bruchidae, Pachybrachys .
Desire: . Hegacerus folylabrus = Bruchus) arenarius~twole) ; Anisostena
bicolon Smith: Anistostena ar iadne Newn. ; Anisostena arigita
(Oliv.) ; Anisostena kansana Schffa. ; Mylabrus? wheelockl
■ ' Blatchley ; Ky torhinus Hfylabrus) prolixus (FallYT "
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REVIEWS
Oke, Charles, Aculagnathidae. A Hew Family of Coleoptera, (proc. Hoy. Soc.
Victoria, 44 (U.S.), pt . 1, 1932» PP* 22--24, 1 pi.)
Even though this paper has "been in print for fifteen years, a review
of -it is of interest because the evidence cited is not generally known by
the Forth American Coleopterists. Mr. Oke describes what he terms as w a
very anomalous beetle** which is remarkable in tnat it has what are thought
to be sucking mouthparts. He states that *' a similar condition is found
in the Clavergerinae, where the mouthparts are so atrophied that they are
very indistinct and quite useless.'* The Forth American collector is fam-
ilar with the Meloid genus Memo gnat ha which have the galeae produced some-
vrhat in the same manner as the Lepidoptera, and are thought by some to be
capable of sucking nectar. (This however, is doubtful). Mr. Oke has de¬
scribed Aculagnathus mirabilis which is a small beetle measuring only 1.50
mm. and inhabits the nests of Amblyopone ants. They are genuine inquilines,
and lack teichomes. But the most remarkable feature of these beetles is
the modification of the mouthparts. The mouthparts are very small, the
mandible is highly specialized, placed somewhat transversely, with a long
thin process on its outer edge, which normally rests within the labrum.
When the mandible is moved the end of this process protrudes beyond the
labrum and is evidently used for piercing its prey. The labrum is curled
over on its edges and forms an open sheath for the styliform processes of
the mandibles, the sheath being partly closed by a thin, membranous extension
of the labrum below. At the time of Mr. Oke's writing-, only a few speci¬
mens had been found (number not stated). The article does not mention the
location of the type of this species. It is found in Victoria.
- R. H. A.
Faulian, Henaud, Les Cole'opteres ; Formes - Moeurs - Role , Bibliotheque
Scientif ique, Payot, Paris, 194^1 39^ PP-, 1&4 figs., l4 plates.
This book, which is prefaced by the well known French Coleopterist ,
Dr. R. Jeannel, is a thorough, well organized, well written introduction to
the Order Coleoptera. Unfortunately, the paper which was used for this
book is of a very poor grade, and consequently, the page illustrations,
even though well made are not as distinct as might be wished. Dr. Faulian
makes liberal use of footnote references, but he does not have a very ex¬
tensive bibliography. He includes an index to authors and an index to
species, but there is no subject index.
The book is divided into two parts, the first deals with the structure
and habits, while the second deals with the distribution, evolution, and
relationship to man. This book is so well organized, that it may not be
out of place to list the contents of the chapters to show the organization
and scope. Chapter one defines the order, discusses the general morphology
and briefly summarizes the classification; chapter two deals with the fossil
beetles, while chapter three is on the physiology of beetle nutrition; sex,
courtship and development are covered by chapters four and five. The re¬
mainder of part one deals with the effects of environment, types of adap¬
tion, and reproduction.
Fart two has five chapters, the first devoted to habitat types, the
second to zoogeography, the third to the faunas of beetles, the fourth to
the formation of the species, and the final chapter to man's interest in
beetles .
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Dr, Paulian is to ‘be congratulated for his preparation of this hook.
The English speaking world would do well to have as fine a text for the
begining student of Coleopterology.
- R. H. A.
- ^TTER from SPAIN ■ '
I recently received a letter from M. Frdncisco Espanol (Museo de
Ciencias Naturales, Apartado de Correos 593, Barcelona, Spain), who is in¬
terested in entering into scientific relations with American Coleopterists.
He specializes in Tenebrionidae and at present desires American specimens
of Crypt icus.
- M, H. Hatch
. .. 1 COLLECTION AND PREPARATION OF BEETLES
I always hesitate to tell any one "how" to mount beetles but I will
just tell how I do it and if determiners1 approval is any critirion, it
seems to be successful.
First I collect directly into cyanide bottles made in the approved way,
potassium cyanide covered with sawdust and topped with several discs of
white blotting paper... A line of "Duco" cement run around the edges of the
blotting .paper after it is in the bottle helps keep it in place. Then
place plenty of crumoled tissue 'paper iq the bottle. (I use a wide mouth
4 oz. bottle). As soon as the beetles are quiet and certainly thai same
evening place the catch in vials. , (I use 4 dram .vials), sorted according
to sizes and fill with a solution made as follows:
, 95$ Ethyl Alcohol 280 cc.
Distilled water 230 cc.
Benzol . . 35 cc.
Ethyl Acetate: • 95 -cc;
Leave in the above solution over nite or longer depending on size. This
cleans the beetles and also dissolves ' much o.f the fat, besides the geni¬
talia will- extrude with a little pressure. After you pour off the solution,
fill the vials with SO/o. ethyl alcohol. If the vials are quite full of
beetles it might be wel‘1 to pour the alcohol off and refill in a day or two.
In this way beetles may oe preserved until you are ready to mount them. To
have the beetles look nice after pinning it is not advisable to keep them
in alcohol over, eight to ten years. Labels written on good quality paper
should be placed inside of each vial, never paste labels on the outside of
vials.- ,
Now as. to mounting the above specimens. Those large enough to pin on
a number 1 .pin, or larger, pin directly. Never use any pin smaller than a
number 1. If you are in doubt use a point. ' Many nice specimens have been
spoiled by a pin. To make points, first be sure to use a good paper. 1
like a two-ply Bristol board. If you Use a punch- get two sizes, one with
as fine a point as you can get and the other coarser. If you cut ’ them with
a razor blade make strips 8-9 mm. wide and then cut from each side making
the point to fit the specimen. Be sure and make the other end wide enough
so that the point' does not tear when the pin is pushed thru. If you use a
wooden step block for adjusting the height of the pin, cover the top with a
piece of "tin" cut from a tobacco can and make a small hole in the middle.
.Bend the end of the point to conform to the contoqr of the beetle to be
mounted. If the mounted beetle does not stay upright ’until dry, place the
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pin and point head first in a block of yucca flower stem with the beetle on
its back and leave a few minutes until dry.
Many different compounds have been used for 11 glue". If you use the
common tubes of fish glue, be sure and get a fresh one every six months or
year. Following is a formula of a glue that F. ¥. Nunenmacher gave me some
years ago and it seems to improve with age. Several of my colleagues here
swear by it.
White gum arabic
Sugar
Carbolic Acid crystals
95 fo Ethyl Alcohol
Dissolve the gum and sugar in as little water as possible, mix and strain
thru fine muslin (you will have to use pressure), dissolve carbolic acid in
alcohol and mix slowly with the above by stiring. I keep some of the glue
in a Canada Balsam bottle which makes it quickly available and handy. The
main thing to watch with this glue is not to let it get too thick. If it
does, just add a little water once in a while. You will be able to tell
when the glue is getting too thick by the way it runs off the glass rod.
If the specimens have been preserved in alcohol, pour off the alcohol and
refill with water at least a couple of hours before mounting on points.
Even if the specimens are left in water 24 hours it will not hurt them. When
beetles have been mounted on points and the glue is dry it is v/ell to take
a pin and open the legs and straight en the antennae. If you want to relax
or remount a specimen, place the whole mount, beetle, pin, and point in hot
water an d the glue dissolves..
- Henry Dietrich
Cornell University.
60 parts
30 parts
2 parts
8 parts
REPORTING THE SIZE OF COLLECTIONS
I suggest that reports on the size of various beetle collections are
of interest. I report mine in terms of small size Schmitt insect boxes;
Silphidae 36 boxes; Pacific Northwest 4o5 boxes; North America 253 boxes;
exotic 126 boxes; unsorted 3 boxes; total 823 boxes. In addition, the
University of Washington has about 120 boxes of the 0. B. Johnson collection
left by the collector a.t his death in 1917* The. two collections together
probably contain 15,000 or more species.
- M. H. Hatch
University of Was*
ON THE OCCURENCE OF V5ILLETTA LAURENTINA FALL (ANOBIIDAS) IN NEW YORK
In April or May a trip to a very ancient and long since fallen bass¬
wood tree which is located in the north side of a wind-swept drumlin here in
Central New York has always resulted in the capture of quite a few soeci-
mens of 1 rillet ta laur ent ina Fall. I find the beetles either alone or in
coitu resting on the bark of the tree. I first came across this species
in May of 1941. In April. and. May of 1942 many more specimens were taken.
During April 1946 after an absence of almost four years spent in the Army,
I returned to the same tree- and was not disappointed when I found the
species was still there in fairly large numbers. It would seem that this
species lives on basswood, for there are several other species of trees in
this tangle mess of tree ruins, but I have never found this beetle on any
ol the other kinds. Also I have searched basswood in the same vicinity for
this species, and this was also all for naught. - N. M. Downie
Elbridge, N.Y.
ECOLOGICAL AND COLLECTING HOLES:
Many small and hard- to- find species of Mono tomidae, Cucujidae, Crypt o-
phagidae and Lathridiidae can "be taken in numbers on the wing and on the
north ends of "buildings in barnyards in early spring.
-Hugh B. Leech
Vernon, B.C., Can.
A most fruitful place for collection of certain Carabidae (Bembidion,
Tachys, Tachycera, Platynus, etc.) and many species of Dytiscidae and
Kydrophilidae is under stones and debris in the last pools to become dry
in intermittent streams. I have found as many as 200 individuals in a spot
like this not over a square yard in area.
-life. C. Stehr, Ph.D.
Ohio University.
NEWS
Under date of 5th* 19^7* Gunther Schenkling of Blaubeuren, Germany,
writes that his father, Sigmund Schenkling, died December 12, 1946, in his
S2nd year, at Berlin. Sigmund Schenkling was the editor of the Junk-Schenk-
ling Coleopterorum Catalogus, that was completed during the war. His son
writes that his father fell into disfavor with the Nazi government because
of his friendship with W. Junk, who was Jewish, and was deprived of access
to the library of the Deutschen Entomologischen Institute of the Kaiser-
Wilhelm Gesellschaft , which he had largely labored to build up.
- M. H. Hatch
University of Wash.
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THE COLEOPTERI STS’ BULLETIN
Yol.' I,~ No. 3 ' • June 2>
EDITORIAL
Prof. M. H. Hatch of the University of Washington has contributed an
article to be found in this issue which the editor would like to call to the
attention of all our readers. Dr. Hatch's proposed program for American
Coleopterists is worthy of the attention of every serious student of Coleo-
pterology. The American Coleopterists are far behind the European workers
because- of the lack of a "unity of spirit and purpose" which Dr. Hatch states
could be possible by following a program such as he suggests. For many years
the Europeans have successfully maintained such societies and published works
far exceeding anything ever attempted in this country. ' Even during the re¬
cent war the.. Europeans were able to accomplish more in the field of beetle
taxonomy than we in the New World have done.
I earnestly hope all our readers will give these suggestions their ser-
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ious consideration and I am taking the liberty to suggest that everyone write
to either Dr. Hatch or myself his ideas on the subject. This bulletin will
stand behind any program of this sort which meets with the general approval
of American Coleopterists.
However, any such project must be the result of careful planning and
serious thought. Therefore, it should not be entered into hastily and with¬
out the full realization that it will take the combined efforts of many to
be a success.
A WORD FROM THE SHERWOOD PRESS.- It might be well at this time to mention
that the part played by this press in publishing this bulletin is purely in
the interest of science, and to assure the reader that it is in no way a pro¬
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publication, and depends solely on the receipts from subscriptions and from
the sale of copies of "Systema Naturae" to meet these expenses. We will cont¬
inue this policy as long as it is the desire of those in charge of the Bulletin
for us to do so.
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PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN COLSOPTERISTS
The publication of Ross Arnett's Coleopterist s' Bulletin makes it possible
for the coleopterist s of the United States and Canada1' to work for a unity of
spirit and purpose that has heretofore been impossible. It is the purpose of
this note to suggest what some of the objective of our group might be.
(1) An American Coleopter ists * Society to whose membership every per-
* son in the United States and'Canada, interested in any phase of the scienti¬
fic study of beetles, would' be 'invited.- •
(2) The formulation of a code of ethics' governing procedure in the
borrowing or lending of specimens for 'study. Row many and what specimens should
be retained by the determiner. Row long should materials be held before be-
* ing returned. Provision for the not too long delayed return of material, even
though unstudied, that a 'determiner finds himself unable to get around to
studying for any of a series of legitimate or illegitimate reasons. We would
prefer to have our materials returned unnamed rathdr than not to get them
back at all l
(3) The prompt publication of a Fifth Supplement* to the Leng Catalogue.
(4) Following the publication of such a Supplement, the publication
(possibly in' the Coleopterist s' Bulletin) of an Annual Supplement to the
North American list, possibly with quintennial or decennial cumulative issues.
(5) The preparation and publication of a new catalogue of the Coleo-
ptera of North America north of Mexico.
(6) The reprinting or, better, the revision of Bradley's Manual . It
is extremely unfortunate that there is in print at the present time no descript¬
ive analysis of the genera of our Coleoptera.
*ED . NOTE.- In Catalogue "No. 6o - Oct. 1946, Mr. John D. Sherman, Jr . makes
the following announcement: "We are glad to. announce the coming publication
of a FIFTH SUPPLEMENT to the LENG CATALOGUE OF COLEOPTERA, which Mrs. Ruth
MacCoy Blackwelder has kindly consented to prepare. This supplement \\dll
cover the years 1939-19^6 inclusive, and will be published in 1947, provided
there is any paper in the World ! 1 "
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(7) The eventual preparation of an adequately illustrated and document¬
ed manual of our genera, after the model of Curran's hook on Diptera.
(8) The eventual preparation of a manual of the species of North Amer¬
ican Coleoptera after the model of certain of the European manuals.
(9) The eventual publication of a journal of American Coleopterology
(perhaps an expansion of Mr. Arnett's Bulletin) .
These are some of the things for which, I believe, American coleopter-
f
ists should strive.
M. H. Hatch
University of Washington
NOTED COLEOPTBRISTS DIES
Dr. Armand d'Orchymont, Honorary Curator at the Royal Museum of Natural
History of Belgium, and world authority on Kydrophilidae, died of angina
pectoris on February 9, 1947, according to a recent letter from his colleague,
Mons. A. Collart.
Hugh B. Leech
Vernon, B. C.
BOOK NOTICE
Jeannel, Reni, La G-enfese des Faunes Terrestres, felfenents de Biog&ographie,
Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1942.
This book is called to your attention as Coleopterists because the author
used beetles extensively throughout the volume to illustrate his principles of
biogeography. . There are 5^3 pages, 213 figures, and 8 plates. Paper cover.
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cuerebt list or cgleoptxbists (goft.)
Arnett t Ross.K
.Department ox Entomology, 0
ornell University, I thaca, H.Y.
Re vis ing ;
Let online :
--P.TTL *
Desire *
Comments j
Oedeneridae of Hortii America.
' Oedemeridae of the World.
T?ie only species I have not seen of north American Oedemer-
iclae is Xanthochroa trinotata LeC. Any material so labeled
would.be welcomed, by', me for study purposes. .
I would like to know ‘the localities of any collection of
_ North American Oedemeridae species for my revision. ■ If you
would' send me a list of species and localities other than
those mentioned, in Horn’s l$9o revision, I will see ii it
extends the' range-- o-f the species, and if so, would desire to
see the. specimens and include the record in my revision.
ALSO; 'There i's practically nothing known about the habits
and- habitat s of Oc-demerids. Any data you care to send on
habits will be greatly appreciated and fully acknowledged in
the revision.
My revision will appear in parts probably begining in Jan¬
uary 19-i-o. .One genus* has been completed and is now in the
hands of the publishers.
(EDITOR1 S UOTEi I have given above an example of the detail which may be
included in your notes submitted regard i?ig.,yoiX5V.work with Coleoptera. Even
if you are not revising a: group, details regarding the size of your collection,
etc. are suitable for this section. I feel, and many readers have expressed
a like feeling, that actual progress reports by the workers will “be* a great
step towards acheiving thO" ’’unity of spirit' and purpose that has heretofore
been impossible" mentioned by' Prof . Hatch in his "Proposed Program for American
Colecpterists" which is printed in this issue.)
Benesh, Bernard, P.O. Box lhy* north Chicago, Ill.
Determine: Lucanidae.
Desire: Members of South American genera.
Genera: Scortizus (=Sclerostonius, Sclerogr.athus , etc.),
Pycno siphorus (rrSclerost onius en pars) .
Will accept for determination Lucanidae (endemic and exotic)
with privilege to retain some duplicates. Collect, exchange
•and -purchase desirable species (at reasonable rate).
Comments :
V
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Bet timer, L. J,., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas.
. . . , • *
Exchange; Will collect in certain families for Bruchidae. of Western
U.S. and foreign countries.
Desire: Bruchidae of the world, especially species from Mexico and
southward .
Brown,
Division of Entomology, Ottawa, CABAPA
Do t erm ine ; Several gr 0 up s , by arrangement .
Wanted : Chrysomela (Lina), especially Ion,: series, unmounted in
'cot ton, assoc iat ed with food-plant, from states west of the
the Great Plains* also other Cliryso.melidae, Elateridae, and
other Coleoptera. (The species of Chrysomela occur in
colonies on their food-plants, which ore willow, poplar, and
alder, and are often very abundant) .
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Car t wright , 0. L., Entomology Department, Clemson College, S. C.
Determine: Scarabaeidae of United Stages.
Desire: pleuro phorus and Ataenius of Forth, Central and South Ainer-
ica, and allied genera of Apiiodiinae.
F.evising: Pleurophorus and Ataenius of United States. Would like to
Dorrow all available Pleurophorus and Psammodius within
next couple months as Pleurophorus revision is about complet¬
ed.
Will, collect and exchange : All local Coleoptera for Forth, Central, and
South American Scarabaeidae.
Chandler, Harry P., c/o Entomology Department, University of California,
Berkeley, California.
Determine •
Interested
Desire :
Exchange :
Most groups of Aquatic Coleoptera.
in: Aquatic Coleoptera.
Hydroporus (Dytiscidae) ; small Hydrophylidae .
All families of named Coleoptera or named and unnamed aquatic
Coleoptera in papers, alcohol or pinned.
Dahl, Richard G. , 3133 Arizona Street, Oakland 2, California.
Revising; Central & South American Cicindelinae. •
Borrow for study: Cicindelidae from Americas or Pacific Islands.
Will. exchange: Cicindelidae and North American Coleoptera.
Particularly desire specimens of : Cicindela malaris, hamulipenis,
bergiana, pilosipes, graphiptera and others’^ * *
Comments : Do not want Coleoptera other than Cicindelidae, and am
interested in adding localities for record of Fo. American
species or aberrant forms.
Dawson, R. W. , Department of Zoology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 14,
Minnesota.
Determine: Genus Serica of Scarabaeidae.
Everly, Ray T. , 4299 N. High St., Columbus 2, Ohio.
Borrow; Carabidae (Chlaenius, Anomoglossus, Brachylobus) .
Desire; Chlaenius viduus, C. aestivus, C. platyderus, C. diffinis,
0. laticollis, C. fuscicornis, C. erythronus.
Comments: Would be willing to purchase specimens of above species,
particularly pairs taken in copulation of closely associated
species.
Fattig, p. W. , Box 723, Emory University, Ga.
Co me.it s : V«ould like to have data on any Georgia Coleoptera, especial¬
ly Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, and Scarabaeidae.
Furry, Frank ¥., 1633 Virginia Ave. , Glendale 2, California.
Interests : Coccinellidae, technical illustrations of beetle structure
using such mediums as ink or water color.
Comments : Many small forms have never been adequately illustrated, so
I am trying to develop some skill along these lines which
will 1)6 useful in the study of structure.
Desire: I would appreciate hearing from other collectors who have
found useful literature on this subject or whc are willing
to discuss their own technique.
Hagen, Kenneth S. , 112 Agriculture Kali, University of California, Berkeley,
4, California.
Determine: Ko tonus, Mecynotarsus, Amblyderus (Anthicidae) .
-r - - -- * ~r ■ TL, “ ^ ~ ~ ^ X ^ _ IV /?
Revising:
Borrow :
Exchange :
rire :
The following genera cf Anthicidae : Notoxus, Mecynotarsus,
and Amblyderus of North America.
Above genera.
IT. A. Coleoptera.
Anthicidae .
Hardy, George A. , Office of Provincial Museum, Victoria, 3. C., CANADA.
Comments :
While we have a representative collection of the provincial
Coleoptera, I am particularly interested in the Ceranbycida<
and Buprestidae ana will welcome any means by which our
knowledge concerning these families may b.e advanced,
Pearce, Rev. E. J.; M.A., E.R.S.S., Priory of St. Teilo, Church Terrace,
Roatli, Cardiff, S. Walws, (ENGLAND) .
■ • 'JC
Interests: Kaliplidae, Pselaphidae, Scynaenidae .
Exchange : W il 1 exchange .
Pickford, Grace E,, Osborn Zoological Laboratory, Yale University, New
Haven, Conn.
Studying: Water beetles of Connecticut.
Hitcher, Paul 0., Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Ey.
Revising :
Desire :
Scat abaeo idea.
Larvae of Scarabs.
^ ~ - - - — -
_x change : Reared or associated scarab larvae of a great many genera.
Particularly desire : Tyco, Phobetus, Doltochelun, Aegialia, Bolboceras,
"~Cloetus, Queer us, Gymnopyge ,■ Plusiotus , Dichromic. a,
Stephanuchay Diphyllo stoma, ITicagus .
Schuh, Joe, Box 101, Gresham, Oregon.
Desire :
Exchange :
Econor..ic species.
Miscellaneous Coleoptera. Desire to have miscellaneous
weevils and Chrysomelids named.
Strochecker, H. Eu, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Determine : Endomychidae, ITycetaeidae.
Desire particularly: Symb io t e s- spp., Stethorhanis spp.
Wanted : World Endomychidae and Mycetneids.
Exchange :
Eastern Coleoptera for Western Erdonychids, Mycetaeids, and
Cerambycids .
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Summerville, Brace, 1136 Delaware, Detroit 2, Mich.
Determine : Cicindelidae east of Mississippi. Will determine this sommer.
Desire : Will hay Omas (Cicindelidae), Southwe stern Baprestidae and
Ceramhycidae.
Thatcher, T. 0., 700 So. 31st St., 2-C, Richmond, Calif.
Determine : Scolytidae.
Desire : Ips from Western U. S.
Interests : Making a taxonomic study of the genus Ips.
Wenzel, Rupert L., Division of Insects, Chicago Natural History Musem,
Chicago 5, Ill.
Revising: Ahraeinae (Kisteridae) of the New World, (Acritus, Aeletes,
Halacritus, etc.)
Desire: Histeridae cf the world.
REVIEWS
Fletcher, Frank C., The Odd Beetle, Ward’s Natural Science Bulletin, No. 5»
May I9U7. • •
The interesting story of the rediscovery of Thylodrias contractus Mots.
(Dermestidae : Thylodriinae) is told hy Mr. Fletcher. It was accidently
named Ignotus aenignaticus hy Mrs. Slosson in 1902. The circumstances in¬
volved make interesting reading.
WE NEED MORE REVIEWS FOR THIS SPACE
THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ NEWS
The editor of The Coleopterists ' Bulletin" wishes to congratulate the
editors of The Lepidopterists’ News. The first issue of that publication
appeared recently. It is a bulletin similar to this one, and may be ob¬
tained by writing to: The Lepidopterists’ News, Box 104, Cambridge 38, Mass.
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COLTjTOT I1TG TEOKWI CUES
Th« Coleman. Lamp
While in the
t e elm 1 qu e v;h i ch
field with a friend, Mr.
I would line to pass on.
ju. Bailey, I have noted the use of
Mr. -Bailey and I have had great
success in the use of "sugar" "bait at night, combined with the use of a
Coleman "Junior" lamp, Model 2423. This is a mantle lantern of 200 watt
power *
My own catches of "beetles have "been richly rewarded "by the use of this
light. A "bright daylight illumination is effected, throwing very few shad¬
ows. This almost shadowless light is very important, as one is enabled to
walk up to the specimen feeding or. the bait mixture, without disturbing it,
and capture it with a minunum of effort and eyestrain. It is surprising that
such a bright light does not disturb the specimens, as one would expect.
On the whole, a seminary of the qualifications of this lamp reveals a
distinct advantage ever the eld coal-cil lantern of Dr. Holland1 s ( day; it is
economical, easily carried, almost shadowless, extremely bright, and restful
to the eyes. * The Coleman lamp is moderately priced and its purchase should
amply repay the night collector.
Stanton D. Hicks
Windsor, Ont . , Canada
a Collecting Bottle
If one wishes to have a perfectly clean collecting bottle, the cork may
be partially hollowed out "and cyanide powder poured in. A cotton stopper
will bo effective in preventing any of the powder escaping to damage the
specimen below. By this method, a fresh supply of poison. gas can be provid¬
ed at any time, and the bottle can be used indefinitely.
Stanton D. Hicks
Windsor, Ont., Canada
The Microscope and Plasticine
Working infer a micro scope, I find plasticine very handy for ventral
views of pinned material. I merely roll together about a 2 inch in diameter
chunk of plasticine, sau.are it up a bit, and stick the head of the pin
possessing the beetle into it. The specimen is easily moved in any direction.
One can obtain most of the spectrum colours in plasticine if a certain colour
is desirable.
Stanton D. Hicks
W i nd so r , On t . , C anada .
Another use of plasticine is as a
wo rk ing und e r the hi no cu 1 ar n icroscape.
placed or. the stage of the microscope,
holder for bisecting needles
If two lumps of plasticine
one for each needle, and the
when
ere
needle
handles imbedded in the pi >.sti-cine,
much more accurate delicate cuts
possible with the needles,
genitalia.
They- are particularly useful
when di sect ing
will be
small
H .H .A
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HABITAT'S C F BOUGAINVILLE COLEOPTSFA, PART II
by Barry P. Valentine
According to the distribution given by W. Korn in Coleopterorum Cata¬
logues, about nine genera of Cicindelidae should occur in the Solomon Islands.
At least Three of the nine can be found in the thick jungle areas of Bougain¬
ville. These genera, Tricondyla, Therates, and Cicindela are quite inter¬
esting as they have very distinct habits and do not intermingle.
Tricondyla is the most unusual looking and is quite common. From a
distance it looks like a large ant. It is large - about one inch long,
apterous with conate elytra and is black with red legs. They can be found
running along the trunks, branches, and twigs of small trees and bushes
and very rarely on the ground. I've never seen these tiger beetles on
weeds or other soft— stemed plants and the only tines they venture out upon
the leaves of the trees in which they live are when they are pursuing prey
or trying to escape enemies. These insects have the typical cicindelid
habit of crouching and remaining motionless when a.larmed. When one trys to
pick them up, they dodge arcana the branch and appear on the other side -
sometimes hanging upside down, but always alert and ready to run.
The genus Therates is found closer to the ground than Tricondyla -
either on the jungle floor or on low growing leaves and weeds. It is easily
distinguished from other tiger beetles by its fourth tarsal segment v/hich is
deeply emarginate arid bilobed. Two species of this genus were taken and,
except when disturbed, they were never seen more than three feet above the
ground. They fly from leaf to leaf and are almost impossible to catch
without a net. When disturbed, they seldom fly more than a few feet, but
they take off again at the least disturbance. Therates basalis De j . is un¬
mistakable in the jungle. The pronotum is irridescent violet, while the
bases of the -.elytra are yellow and the apices shiny black. The other species
is less common but easier to catch. It is larger and has no yellow on the
elytra. The two insects fly together and are most abundant during the heat
of the day - particularly after a light rain.
Only two species of Cicindela were taken, but I am sure there are
many others. The only specimen of one species was taken. at light. The
other species is represented by five specimens which were te-ken around the
muddy edges of shell holes and bomb-craters in open sun-light. 'They are
quite small - 8 mm. and very active. I have no idea what their natural
habitat is as I've never seen an open muddy area in the jungle which wasn't
causea by man. There are no large animals on Bougainville which might make
wallows, so the only possibility I can imagine is that these beetles live on
tne banks of rivers and streams. Except for the one day when I found my
five specimens, this species of Cicindela was never collected in the year
v/hich I spent on Bougainville.
(To be continued)
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FLOOD COLLECTING- FOR COLEOPTERA
'by O. L. Cartwright
Clemson, S.C.
'Beetles in surprising numbers may sometimes he collected "by tailing
advantage of rising flood waters. The advancing water sweeps up all kinds
of insects and carries them along on twigs, leaves, and other floating
debris. If a mass of such material can he located slowly rotating or
piling up in a quiet eddy along the edge of a stream, it can he scooped
up, rolled in an old sheet or piece of canvas to dry out and the beetles
easily captured. As the mass -dries the beetles gradually crawl downward
to the cloth where by rolling the material from side to side, specimens
may he found every day for as much as a week or more, or until it is
completely dry.
For example, on March 30 , 1944 two bushels of debris were collected
at Clemson, South Carolina from the Seneca river and over the next few days
hundreds of specimens were found. Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Elateridae,
Chrysonelidae, Scarabaeidae and weevils were most numerous. Of the '
Scarabaeidae, the family of- greatest' interest to the writer, 42 species
were taken, two of which were represented by over 1000 specimens each.
ROTES OR SOME OREGON CARTHARIDAE
by Kenneth M. Fender
McMinnville, Oregon •
In years past, the. common. species of Cantharidae in the northern
Oregon Coast Range have, been podabrus -piniphilus (Esch, ) , Podabrus
cavicollis LeC., Silis pallida Mann. , Halthodes humidus Fend, and Maltho&es
oregonus Fend. Podabrus extricatus Fall has always been a rare catch
and Silis lutea LeC. unknown to the author north of Corvallis.
This spring (1047) has been quite mild and unusually nice in north¬
western Oregon. Podabrus cavicollis and the Mai tholes have only begun to
emerge and no real report can as yet be given on these species, but Fodabrus
extricatus has turned up-more frequently than has Podabrus piniphilus and
Silis lutea is the only species of the genus taken up to the time of writ¬
ing. Both of these species have appeared in fair abundance in the foot¬
hills west of McMinnville, some forty miles north of Corvallis.
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THE COLEOPTERI ST S ’ BULLETIN
Vol. 1, Nos 4 & 5 SPECIAL SUECER ISSUE ' " August I9U7
CURRENT LIST OF COLEOPTERI STS (Cont .)
Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York.
Revising:
Determine ?
NEED:
Desire:
Oedemeridae of North America.
Oedemeridae of the World.
Information on the "biology of Oedemeridae.
Exotic material representing Oedemerid genera.
Barber, H. S., U. S. National Museum, Washington, 25, D.C.
Bottiraer, L. J., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas.
Exchange : Will collect in certain families for Bruchidae of Western
U. S. and foreign countries.
Desire : Bruchidae of the world, especially species from Mexico and
southward.
Bondar, Gregorio, Secretaria da Agricultura, Bahia, BRAZIL.
Interest:
Revising;
Desire :
Borrow:
Exchange:
Curculionidae, Bruchidae and other phytophagus Coleoptera.
Some genera of Brazilian Curculio.
South and Central American Barinae.
South American Barinae.
South American Barinae and a monograph.
Corporall, J. B., c/o Zoolog. Museum, Entom. Div. Zeehurgerdi jh 21, Amsterdam
0. , NEDERLANDS.
Determine :
Revising:
Exchange ;
Comments :
Cleridae of the world.
Cleridae of the world.
Cleridae of the world.
Insects of all other groups, notably from Europe and from
the East-Indian Archipelago can he sent in exchange.
Dahl, Richard G., 3133 Arizona St., Oakland 2, California.
Desire : Ctenostoma from Central or South America.
Dillon, Laurence S., Reading Public Museum, Reading, Penna.
Borrow: I would like to borrow Cerambycidae from the Fiji Islands.
The Bishop Museum has sent me nearly 1000 specimens, but
as the authorities there would like the study to be as
complete as possible, more would be welcome. While over
100 species a re included in the above lot, queerly enough
several of the larger, more conspicuous forms are not re¬
presented.
Easton, Dr. Alan M., Roadside Cottage, Lower Road, Great Bookham, Surrey,
ENGLAND .
Comment : Dr. Easton is studying the world species of Meligethas,
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(Nitidulidae) . He is anxious to receive freshly taken Amer¬
ican species, for which he will exchange British Beetles.
He will, in addition he happy to determine any Meligethes
sent to him for this purpose.
CORRECTION: In vol. I, no. 1, Mr. Louis G. Gentner’ s name was misspelled
"Genthner” instead of Gentner. Mr. Gentner’ s correct name and address is:
Louis G. Gentner, 22 Groveland Ave . , Medford, Oregon.
Gilmour, E. E. , F.R.E.S., "East View", Milnshridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
ENGLAND .
Determine :
Desire :
Revising:
Exchange :
Cerambycidae (Prion.— Ceramh.- Lamiinae.) of the world,
especially the latter.
Numerous Cerambycidae from all parts of the world. Further
list to correspondents writing.
At present revising Batocerini.
Have for exchange several other Coleopterous families be¬
sides Cerambycidae. Exchanges greatly desired.
Gressitt, J. Linsley, Lingnan University, Canton, CHINA.
Revising;
Desire :
Borrow:
Exchange :
Comments :
Pacific and Asian Cerambycidae, Hispinae and Cassidi.
Chinese Chrysomelidae.
Above .
Above .
South China insects.
Willing to purchase.
Heifer, J. R., Mendocino, California.
Determine : U.S. Buprestidae.
Desire : Buprestis .
Comments : Will collect California (Mendocino County) in exchange for
U.S. or foreign Buprestidae.
Jolivet, Pierre, Lie. Sc., 6 Rue de Balzac, Franconville -S-et 0 - FRANCE.
Determine :
Desire :
Revising:
Interests ;
Exchange :
Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, esp. Palarctic species.
American Timarcha (Adults and larvae) .
The Timarcha and the French Orsodacnidae.
3iology, systematics, and physiology of Chrysomelidae.
French Coleoptera. Also publications on Chrysomelidae.
Last, H. , 12 Winkworth Road, Banstead, Surrey, ENGLAND.
Interests: Staphylinidae of the world.
Determine ; British Staphylinidae.
Desire » Separates and references to Staphylinidae.
NEW ADDRESS: Leach, Hugh B., Dept. Ent., Calif. Ac. of Sc., Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco IS, Calif.
Malkin, Borys, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Determine: N. A. Coccinellidae, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae.
Desire : Agrabia (Neohramonia) ampla & Agrabia cyanoptera from
S.W.U.S., Mexico and Central America.
Borrow:
Kippodania and Coccinella west of the Rocky Mts. only,
also all other Coccinellidae of U.S.
exchange . All aquatic beetles from U.S* and all other regions only
with exact data. Western U.S. Coccinellidae plus Mexican
Coccinellidae.
Offer: Warned U.S. Coleoptera of all families.
Marshall, Dr. M* Y., Veterans Administration, Murfreesboro, Tenn [Note new
address. ]
Comments :
I would appreciate an expression of opinion from as many
Coleopt erists as possible as to the ideas expressed in my
"Studies in the Malachiidae", published in the ITov.-Dec.
1946 issue of the Canadian Entomologist, concerning the
identity of the genera Malachius, Microlipus and Anthocomus .
I do nob want to prepare a key to the combined genera un¬
less it is thought that such a key would be helpful.
McDermott, F. A.,
815 V. 32nd St., Wilmington, Del.
Depire ; Photinus marginellis Lee. & $>, preferably collected in
eastern Ohio or western Pennsylvania, with any notes on
light emission. Two or three pairs will be enough.
Meiners, Edwin P., 6651 Enright Ave., St. Louis 5, Mo.
Exchange ; I would like to exchange local species of Coleoptera for
specimens from any part of the world. Would like especially
Coprinae of the world.
Monro s, Francisco, calle Bolivar 1.4g4, dt° E., Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
Revising:
Desire :
Borrow:
Exchange ;
Neotropical Cassididae.
Chrysomeloidea sensu latu all over the world.
Above .
Argentine Coleoptera of nearly all families.
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Janson, 29 Herstal (Liege) 3ELGIUM.
Deter.- ine : Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Amphizoidae, Hygrobiidae, Gyrinidae.
Desire: Above, of the world.
Paulian, Renaud, Dr., Ass. Director, Institut de Recherches Scientif ique,
Tananar ine-Tsimbazaza, MADAGASCAR .
Comments : I shall be glad to give such help as I can to get insects,
if needed for scientific purposes.
Pearce, (Rev.) E. J., C.R., M.A., F.R.E.S., Priory of St. Teilo, Church
Terrace, Roath, Cardiff, S. Wales, ENGLAND.
Determine ; Haliplidae, Pselaphidae, Scymaenidae.
Desire ; Any U.S. A. species of these groups.
Exchange : British specimens.
Penn, George E., Department of Zoology, Tulane University of Louisiana,
New Orleans, La.
Desire :
Locality records of any species of aquatic Coleoptera coll¬
ected in Louisiana, together with number' of specimens and
location of collection, and whether available on loon for
examination.
Ritcher, Paul 0., Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky.
Determine: Larvae of Scarabaeidae.
Desire : Larvae of Phobetus , Thyce, Bolboceras, Bolbocerosoma,
Gymnopyge, Deltochilum.
Comment: We have a large collection of Scarab, larvae and many
species which are available for exchange.
Stirrett, Dr. G-eo. M., Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario,
CANADA .
Determine: Halticinae (Chrysomelidae) all species.
Revising: Diliolia, Chae to enema. Revising these two genera at present
time but would like to exchange or make determinations in
all genera of Halticinae.
Summerville, Bruce, II36 Delaware, Detroit 2, Michigan.
Determine: Cicindelidae east of the Mississippi. I do not retain
Uniques.
Desire: The following species [Leng Cat. Nos.] la, 2, 2a, 3» 4-3
14153, 14514, 14515, 14599, 14600.
Comments: I would like four boxes of species of Rhyncophora determin¬
ed. Specimens principally from east of the Mississippi.
There are sparse host records and taxonomists may retain
duplicates.
I will be pleased to collect unidentified material in other
orders for similar material in Coleoptera. Papered, pinned
or alcoholic specimens in any family.
Ting, Peter C., State Department of Agriculture, State Office Bldg. no. 1,
Sacramento l4, California.
Determine : Curculionid genera - Dyslobus, Cimbocera, Paracimbocera,
Miloderes, Milo&eroides, Cryptolepidus, and Ehinomacer of -
Leng* s catalog.
Desire: Rocky Mountain species of Dyslobus and reared or associated
larvae of Dyslobus from all western states.
Larvae of Rhynchophora from all regions identified by rear¬
ing or association.
Revising: Curculionid genus Dyslobus . This is a large genus of
broad-nosed weevils restricted in distribution to western
United States and Canada. Over fifty species are known to
the author.
Interests : Rhynchophorus families and larvae of Coleoptera.
Exchange: Selected species.
van Doesburg, P. H., Cantonlaan 1, Baarn, HOLLAED.
Determine : Passalidae.
Note : Have an extensive collection of Coleoptera from East India
and Holland and available for exchange.
Passalidae of the world.
Desire :
Werner, Floyd G. , 702 Pearl St., Ottawa, Illinois.
Revising:
Desire:
Borrow:
Exchange :
Comment :
Epic ant a (Meloidae) .
Spicauta of the world.
Ep leant a of the world.
Misc, of all families from Ill., La., and Mass.
Oat of the country at present. Back in September 1947.
Wood, Stephen L., River Heights, Logan, Utah.
Determine : North American Scolytidae,
Desire; All Scolytidae but particularly Carphoborus species.
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Munro , H . K . , The taxonomist and his needs (Presidential Address, 19^5) »
Jour. Ent. Soc. Southern Africa, IX: 3-6, 1946.""
,rIt may at times he felt that entomology is a most unsatisfactory
science; there are altogether too many insects. Immediate qualification is
needed; conditions are probably neither better nor worse than in zoology in
general, or in botany, or in biological sciences generally. Comparison with
such sciences as astronomy and geologs'- raay no^ convey much that is worth
while. All the same, if one wants an interesting and absorbing occupation,
either as a professional or as a hobby or both as is the habit of some un¬
fortunates, the study of insects, their lives, habits and classification, is
one of the best. The amount of satisfaction obtained from such a study will
depend partly on the nature of the subject, but mostly perhaps on the per¬
sonality of the worker and on his temperament and outlook.
•’Entomology as a whole is so vast that no single worker can expect to
master more than a small fraction. Of two major divisions of the science,
the economic and the systematic, a more sharply marked dividing line might
be desirable, both as regards personnel and training. Economic and systema¬
tic interests would, however, meet on the common ground of general biology.
In considering the position as it is at the present time, one gains the
impression that it is the economic aspect that is the one that is more to
the fore. That the systematist tends to be in the background may be partly
his own fault, partly to the actual lack of s uitable workers, partly to the
nature of the work, but general lack of opportunity for him to take up such
studies as a profession must not be forgotten.
’’There is some tendency for the systematist, or taxonomist, in ento¬
mology to endeavour to assert his rights, but it is an uphill task .
”0n the other hand, the systematist is often, if not usually, of a
peculiar temperament. ...he is always anxious and willing to get on with
his work in and cut of season. ... Difficulties that arise may be due in
part to the worker himself, his temperament and the manner of presentation
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of his work, in part to a lack of division of labour and of appreciation of
the duties of the systemat ist .
"The improvement in the status of the systematist is an urgent matter.
• • •
"A sound classification is the only "basis for a stable nomenclature,
and the taxonomist must therefore be given every opportunity to carry out the
work invloved. He must have facilities, time and a remuneration commensurate
with the best offered in other branches of his science and with the import¬
ance of the work he does .
"It is an open question as to how far a systematist should collect
material for himself. If he is to retain a real, live interest in his
work ... he must keep in touch with field work and increase his knowledge
of the general biology of the insects he studies. Unfortunately, the nature
of tiic work, the accumulation of material and often circumstances in general,
all too often lead to the systematist becoming a slave to the microscope.
"The taxonomic entomologist must he a general biologist; he must have
a knowledge of insect morphology in general and of his group in particular;
a sound knowledge of nomenclature and classification, their aims and methods,
including statistics, is essential. As a linguist he need not be a profound
philologist, but needs to give due attention to semantics. A knowledge of
bibliography and of sound methods of indexing and recording are keys to
efficient work. Mechanical aids such as microscopy and photography must not
he neglected and a knowledge of carpentry will not come amiss. Finally, if
the systematist is to succeed, it is almost more than essential that he
should, in most cases, be born to the work."
INFORMATION WANTED
M. Pierre Jolivet, of Franconville, FRANCE, (see address on page 32),
who is currently revising the genus Tiinarcha (Chrysomelidae) , wauld like
the following information on the American members of this genus:
1) The palearctic Tiinarcha are called r,Bloody Nose Beetles".
Do the American species ever exude "blood" from the mouth?
(Autohemorrhage, reflex bleeding) .
2) What is the plant-host? In Europe, Africa, and Asia it is
Galiine, a Rubiceae and for the subgenus Metallo it is
Vaccinium. In America, authors report "beans", Strawberry
and Thimble berry, the latter being a species of Rubus .
Possibly the beetle feeds on a number of rubaceous plants.
Malkin’s record on "beans" is s trange, but possible.
3) What are the number of stigmata, eight or nine? [if he is
unable to see a larva].
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COLEOPTERI STS AT "MUSEUM NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE"
OF PARIS
The following list was sent to me by M. Renaud Paulian. The address
of each is: 45 bis, Rue de Buff on, Paris V°, FRANCE. [R.H.A.]
K. Legros . Collects: Aquatic Coleoptera, specially Dytiscidae and Helmidae .
Exchanges, determines, the same.
G. Ruter ♦ Collects, exchanges, determines, Cetonidae of the world. Offers
in exchange, Cetonidae or French Coleoptera.
J. Jarrige . Collects, exchanges, determines, Staphyl inidae of the world.
G. Gamier . Collects, exchanges, determines, Coprinae and Aphodiinae of
the world.
P. Dewailly. Collects, exchanges, determines, Melolonthidae of the world.
L. Chopard. Collects, exchanges, Cerambycidae of the holarctic region.
G. Colas . Collects, exchanges, Carabidae of the holarctic region.
M. Dev/ail ly ♦ Collects, exchanges, Bembidiinae and Dyschirius of the world.
J. Negre . Collects, buys, Lucanidae and Chlaenius of the world.
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SOUTH AMERICAN BEETLE COLLECTORS
Dr. C. P. Alexander, Fernald Hall, Amherst, Mass, is willing to help
South American beetle collectors finance their collecting trips by purchas¬
ing from them specimens of Tipulidae.
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^ IPSA- WQ RTH PASS ING ON FOR CONS ID5RATION ; Mr. S. D. Hicks suggests that it
would he a great help to workers, especially systenatists, to know where to
obtain reprints easily, particularly when they are group specialists. He pro¬
poses that * subscribers or interested Coleopterists co-operate by forwarding
to the Coleopterists* Bulletin items to be listed from their work.
[NOTE : We will accept for publication complete bibliographies of any Coleopter—
ist. Also, we would appreciate separates for reviewing. R.H.A.]
PLANT IDENTIFICATION
The members of the Lepidopterists* Society have established a board for
host plant identification. The Coleopterists are in general very weak when
it comes to recording host plants of beetles. It would probably be a great
help if we had facilities for plant identification. I would appreciate your
writing to me your ideas on tne subject. If there is expressed a desire for
such a service, it is possible that we can interest some botanists to under¬
take the task of making these identifications.
EDITOR
NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA
Wm. C. Stehr, Ph. D.
Professor of Entomology
Ohio University
In working over various collections of Carabidae, I have been impressed
by the very small percentage of specimens that have any habitat or other
ecological data with them. In some instances inquiry from the owner or
collector has brought the desired information. I believe we can all make a
very useful contribution to Coleopterology by at least recording such data
for our collections, even if we do not find it feasible to put it on labels
on each specimen. Such information helps the taxonomist in recording more
complete information on a species anf helps the collector locate the species
more readily in territory and habitats new to him. I have found such data
extremely useful in the above mentioned ways and wish much more of it were
available .
THE GENERIC NAME OF THE BEETLE
ON THE COVER OF THE BULLETIN
The June issue of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Wash¬
ington contains an article by K. S. Barber in which he describes the genus
Acalynma . The included species contain Diabrotica vittata (Fab.), the
beetle which we are using on the front cover of the bulletin. This was
called to the attention of the editor in a recent letter from Dr. Barber.
Thus Mour” beetle becomes Acalynma vittata (Fab.)
R.H.A.
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NEWS
Dr. Renaud Paulian, recently of Paris, editor of "L’Entomologiste" and
author of MLes Coleopteres", left France on July 7th to take over his new
duties as Assistant Director of the Institut de Recherches Scientif iques in
Madagascar. (See page 33 for Dr. Paulians new address).
Dr. E. Gorton Linsley, of the University of California at Berkeley is
spending the year 1.947-48 on sabbatical leave on a Guggenheim Fellowship
with headquarters at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. His
study will be devoted to completion of a monograph of North American
Cerambycidae .
The 8th International Congress of Entomology will be held in Stockholm,
Sweden, August 8-15, 1948. Prof. 0. A. Johannsen of Cornell University, a
member of the executive committee advises that' early arrangements must be
made in order to secure booking on steamships and for housing arrangements
in Stockholm. Also it is noted that the thirteenth International Congress
of Zoology v/ill be held in Paris sometime in July, 1948.
Notice has been received regarding a new exchange publication called
11 Informat ion of the Friends of the Entomological Science, Breeding, and
Research". The editor and publisher is Otto Muhr, Wien S./&5, Lerchenfelde-
strasse 46, IV. Treppe, 57* Austria.
Mr. Muhr is anxious to obtain the names, addresses and interest of
as many entomologists as possible. I believe that some issues have a3.ready
appeared, but I have not seen a copy. R.H.A.
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BEVIES
Beal, James Allen & Calvin L. Massey, Bark Beetles and Ambrosia Beetles
(Coleoptera: Scolytoidea) : with special reference to species occuring in
North Carolina, Duke University, School of Forestry, Bull. 10, "1945.
This is an extensive study of both the taxonomy and the control of bark
beetles. Biology and ecology is given considerable space. Keys to families,
subfamilies, genera and species are given. In addition a key to the genera
of bark beetles, using the gallery types has been worked out and included.
There are 28 plates showing the beetles, their galleries and type of injury.
These photographs are outstanding in their perfection.
Fattig, P. U . , The Cerambycidae or Long-Horned Beetles of Georgia, Emory
University Museum Bulletin no. 5, April 1947“ ~
A numbered list of the species of Cerambycidae occuring in the state of
Georgia is presented by Mr. Fattig. Synonyms, and Leng catalogue numbers
are included. Records cite localities, months collected and collection
specimens examined are in. A brief note regarding habitat and economic im¬
portance follows each species. The catalogue has a short introduction on
economic importance, methods of collecting and egg laying. A short biblio¬
graphy and a generic index is found at the end.
Uolcott, A. B., Catalogue of North American Beetles of the Family Cleridae,
Fieldiana* Zoology, vol. 32, no. 2, 1947 .
This catalogue of North American Cleridae is presented after years of
study and consideration by this countries foremost student of this group.
The selection of type for ranking the groups and citing references is ex¬
cellent. Original description' references are cited in every case. The geno¬
type for each genus is stated. The range of the species is listed in detail.
A complete bibliography and index to genera and species is found at the end.
Mr. Uolcott has set a standard. Let thid catalogue serve as a model
for more North American family catalogues.
Hatch, Melville H., Beetles, The Biologist, vol. 28, pp. 66-80, 1946.
This is a fine account of the developement of beetles from their
origin to the present day. Dr. Hatch writes in a easy going style, giving
information of interest to the general public as well as to the professional
Coleopterist . He discusses the habits and habitats of beetles, and the
relation of beetles to man. The history of the study of beetles is briefly
sketched in such an interesting manner that the reader is left eager for
more of the details of this history. This is a carefully handled resume
of a vast subject.
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Knu.ll, Josef N. , The Long-horned beetles of Ohio, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) ,
Ohio Biological Survey, Bulletin 39* P* 133— 35^5 29 plates, Columbus,
1946. $ 1.00.
Next to monographs on a broad basis, the reviewer believes descriptive
lists the most useful and most needed sort of publication - especially when
they are as complete and carefully done as the present one is.
The paper, after a general introduction, presents a check-list of the
species. In the main body of tie work, keys to all categories and brief de¬
scriptions of all genera and species known or apt to occur in the state are
provided. With each species the chief references are given and host-plants,
habits, and like data is stated. Actual localities are given for only the
rarer species. Five pages are devoted to bibliography and 118 species are
figured in the author’s well known, clear style.
While devoted to the Cerambycidae of Ohio alone, it is a paper that
should prove invaluable to students of the family in any portion of North
America. We can all wish for similar works f or many of the other States as
well.
- Lawrence S. Dillon.
McKeown, Keith C., Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia,
Australian Museum, Memoir, vol. X, 190 pp., Sydney, May 2, 194-7 .
This catalogue, which, according to the introduction, is the first
dealing solely with Australian cerambycids since Pascoe’s list was publish¬
ed in I867, fills a long felt need of students of the Indo-Australian
region - and fills it very admirably.
While the species are not numbered, a quick count of the index indicat¬
es the known occurence of 1057 forms on the continent, or about equal to
those occuring in North America. Bearing in mind that Australia is less
than half as large as the latter continent and that much of the interior
is treeless, this is a surprisingly large number.
The whole undoubtedly represents years of painstaking labor. Under
each genus and species a full s ynonymy is given, with the scientific names
quoted accurately as in the citation. The genotype has been determined in
each case; recorded localities as well as the known range of all the cate¬
gories have been included. Dates of the bibliographical references are
cited to day or month as far as possible and type localities and present
location of the type when known are also provided, and in addition the
food plants are recorded wherever known.
- Lawrence S. Dillon
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Papers on Coleoptera from the "Entomologisk Tidskrift",
Journal of the Entomological Society of Stockholm, Sweden
Jansson, Anton, Coleooterologoska hidrag. 35-3C, PP* 4-12, Argang 68, hafte
1-2, 1947.
Leiler, T.-E., Agrilus higuttatus Fahr., pp. 13-15. Argang 68, hafte 1-2.
1947.
Lindgren, L. A. H. , Entomologiska notiser 3-5, pp. 16-18, Argang 68. hafte
1-2, 1947.
Sjogren, 3engt, Bidrag till kannedomen om sydsvenska Vatten- Coleoptera II,
pp. 32-36, Argang 68, hafte 1-2, 1947 .
Palm, Thure, F8r Sverige nya Coleoptera IX, pp. 37-44, Argang 68, hafte 1-2.
1947 .
Palm, Thure, Om nagra kritiska Cionus-arter (Col. Curculionidae) , 45-46,
Argang 68, hafte 1-2, 1947 .
Palm, Thure, Vara Cerylon-arter (Col. Colydiidae), 47-49, Argang 68, hafte
1-2, 1947.
Nttrnberg, W., Patrohus septentrionis ssp . australis 'abb ♦ (n spp. Bitschnaui
Reitt. sensu Kuhnelt partim) in Mecklenburg., pp. 51-54, Argang 68,
hafte 1-2, 194fl
Nyholm, Tord, Zur Kenntnis der Curculioniaenfauna Schwedens, 1. Die Arten der
Ceuthorrhynchus pulvinatus-Gruppe . , pp. 55-66, Argang 6sT hafte 1-2.
WT.
Sjoberg, Oscar, Die Ergehnisse einer Genitalunterschung der nordischen Arten
der Gattung Atomaria StephT (Col. Cryptophagidae)T, pp . 91-96, Argang
^87 hafte 1-2, 1947 .
THE YEARS 1945-1946 COLEOPTEROLOGICALLY
The following works are listed by Dr . R. Paulian in the Revue Francaise
D'Entomologie, volume l4, fascicule 1, 1947, pages 48 to 50 as being some of
the on or partly on Coleoptera for the years 1945 and 1946:
Brues, C. T., Insect Dietary, Harvard U. Press, 1946, 466 p. 22 pi., 68 figs.
Crov/son, R. A., A revision of the genera of the Chrysomelid group Sagrinae
(Col.), Trans. R. ent. Soc. London, XCVII, I945, p. 95-115, 36 figs.
Gray, I. E., Observations on the life-history of the horned Passalus, Amer.
Midi. Nat., XXXV, 19467 p. 728-746.
Jeannel, R., Faune de 1’ Empire francais. VI, Coleopteres Carabiques de la
region Malgache (premiere partie), Larose ed., 1946, ~ 372 p? l6S~figs.,
4 pi.
Kaszab, Z., Monograohie der Leiochrinen , Naturwiss. Monogr., Budapest, III,
1946, p. 1-221, 1 pi., 307 figs .
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Lili.ieblad, E., Monograph of the family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North
America, North of Mexico, Misc. Public .Mas. Zool. U. Michigan, 62,
1945, p. 1-229, 7 pi*
Lindroth, C. H., Die fennoskandischen Carahidae. Eine tiergeographische
Studie, Medd. Gdteborge Mas. zool. Avd., 109, 19^5. P» 1-709. 26£ cartes.
Mequignon, A. , Contribution a l* 1 etude des Mordellides palearctiques (Col.) ,
Rev. franc. Ent . , XIII, 1946, p. 52-76, 18 figs.
Palmen, E. , Ueber Quart ierv/echs el and submerse TJberwinterung einiger terre-
strichen Uferkftfer, Ann. ent. Penn., XI, 19^5 » P- 22-34, graphs.
Palmen, E., and Suomalainen, H., Experimen telle Unt ersuchungen fiber die
Transpiration bei einigen Arthopoden, insbesondere Kfifern, Ann. zool.
Soc. Eot. Fenn. Vanamo, XI, 1945, 50 p.» 1 fig*, 9 graph., 9 table*
Smith, K. M., and Markham, R., An insect vector of the turnip yellow mosaic
virus, Nature, 158, 1946, p. 147 •
Villiers, A., Revision des Languriides de l'Ancien Monde, L'Abeille, XXXVII,
1945, p. 1-320, 637 figs-
Wigglesworth, V. B., Organs of equilibrium in flying insects, Nature, 157 »
1946, p. 655»
W * * * * * * * * * * * * * '* '»*'*** * * *' * » ****** * * * * *
Jeannel, R. , La Lignee des Irogloflromus Deville (Coleoptera, Bathysciitae) ,
Revue Fran. D 1 Ent . , "l4":l-13 , 1947 •
This paper discusses the p hylogeny and range of the two genera, Tro-
glodromus and Speodiaetus. The French species and subspecies are discussed
giving the range and the morphological variations within the species. The
author applies the principles which he has set forth in his previous articles
and books on the subject of biogeography. Dr. Jeannel1 s life long study of
the cave fauna of France has not only resulted in making the cave Silphids
a well known group both morphologically and biogeographically, but from these
studies he has been able to formulate many valuable principles of biogeography
applicable to other groups. This paper represents another step forward in
the search for the natural classification of beetles.
Jeannel, R., Le Peuplement des Pryrenees, Rev. Fr. D'Ent., vol. XIV, fasc.
1, suppl . , pp. 53-104/1947.
This is still another work by Dr. Jeannel in which he draws on beetles
extensively to illustrate his principles of biogeography.
Paulian, Renaud, Sur la position systemat ique des Rhysopaus sides, (Coleoptera) ,
Revue Fran. D'Ent., 144 13-15, 1947-
The family Rhysopaussidae was erected by Wassmann (I896) for the three
ternitophilous genera: Rhysopaus sus Wasm., Xenotermes Wasm. and Azarelius
Fairm. which occur in tropical Asia. Wassmann placed the family between the
families Rhysodidae and Paussidae. Fairmaire places the genus Azarelius
among the "Heteromera" . In 1897 Wassmann added the genera Ziaelas Fairm.
Rhysodina Cherv., Gonocnemis Thoms, and Synopticus Thoms, to the family,
and places the entire family among the ,,Keteromeran . This was adopted by
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Sharp and Muir, as veil as by Jeannel and Paulian.
Recently, Dr. Pauiian has "been able to see additional material of this
family, and by a careful study of the morphology and the habits of this
material, he concludes that the correct ..position of the family is not in the
Tenebrionoidea as he previously thought, but rather among the Cucujoidea.
Davis, A. C. , Review of the weevils of the tribe Ophryastini of America
North of Mexico, no, 3207, Proceedings of the United States National
Museum, vol. 9bf pp . 483-551, 1947 .
'This paper contains a key to the world genera of Oohryastini as well
as keys to all the North American species. The introduction contains a
discussion of the male and female genitalia, with a defination of the terms
used, illustrated. The genitalia are figured throughout the text.
Due to the death of Mr. Davis before the completion of this work, the
task of editing and adding type localities, etc. fell to L. J. Bottimer and
L. L. Buchanan.
Ritcher, P. 0., Rutelinae of Eastern North America with descriptions of the
larvae of S crlgodermella p "J gmae a \ F ab . j and three species of the tribe
flute lini (Coleoptera: Scarab aeidaeTT* Bull. 471. Kv. Agr. Exo7~Stat ion.
Jan. 1945, figs. ~
Ritcher, P. 0., The Anomalini of Eastern North America with descriptions of
the larvae and a key to spec ies (Coleoptera: Scar abaeidae"! , Bull. 44 2~
Ky. Agr. Exp. Station, Mar. 1943, figs.
Ritcher, P. 0., Perth American Cetoni inae with descriptions of larvae and keys
to genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), 3ulT.~476, Ky. IgrT
Exp. Station, June 1945, figs.
Ritcher, P. 0., Coprinae of Eastern North America, with descriptions of larvae
keNs to genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Bull/T+77, Ky.
Agr. Exp. Station, June 19 45, figs.
These four papers contain detailed descriptions of the larvae, with keys
and figures of a goodly number of our North Eastern Scarabaeidae, which
should do much to advance our knov/ledge of this important group.
Green, J. W., New Eastern American species of Podabrus (Coleoptera: Canthar-
idae), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., vol. 73, pp7 £>3-76, 1947, figs.
r
Five new species are herein described.
Balfour— Browne, Frank, Syst emat ic notes upon British Aquatic Coleoptera, vol.
I, London, 1932, 95 PP* index, figs.
(,A corrected and revised edition of a series of papers which appeared
in ‘Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine*, from 1934 to 1936.” - from flyleaf.
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES
[This editor is herewith starting what he hopes will he to the liking of
our readers and will he carried on by other contributors; that of presenting
biographical sketches of Coleopt erists . The matter present here has been drawn
for the most part, directly from the mimeographed book by Harry !flL Weiss, "The
Pioneer Century of American Entomology", published by the author, 193&. Only
150 copies of that work were published. In as much as it was such a limited
edition, it is felt that this will not be unnecessary repetition.]
JOHN LAWRENCE LECONTE
LeConte may be called the father of North American Coleopterology, b e-
cause it was he who first placed the study of American beetles on a firm
foundation, and indeed, presented a classification which gained recognition
in Europe. He was the son of an entomologist, Major John G LeConte. Dr.
LeConte was born in New York City, May 13, 1825* He belonged to a wealthy
and distinguished Huguenot family. His mother, Mary A. H. Lawrence died
shortly after his birth, leaving to his father the responsibility for his
early education.
Undoubtly, LeConte’s father was a great influence on his liking for
natural history and we are told that the young LeConte shewed an early liking
for and ability in Natural History. We know little of his early life, ex¬
cept that he graduated from St. Mary’s College, Maryland at the age of 1J •
He entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1842.
During his college career he began Ms life-long study of '‘Coleoptera. He
also served as chemical assistant to Prof. John Torrey. In 1846 he receiv¬
ed the degree of M.D., and began the practice of Medicine.
At the age of he married Miss Helen Grier. During the same year he
gave up the practice of Medicine. However, he ti'as soon forced back into the
medical profession vecause of the Civil War. During the war he served as
Lieutenant-Colonel and Medical Inspector. His entomological studies were
interrupted by the war, but were continued at the end of the war when he
made his final break from medicine.
Among LeConte’s friends, who greatly influenced his studies was Dr.
H. Schaum of Berlin, Prussia. In 1847 and 184$, Dr. Schaum visited the
United States and stayed at the LeConte home. There he gave LeConte many
hours of his time and much friendly advise regarding his beetle studies.
Another, who rounded out LeConte’s general education, was Prof. L. Agassiz.
Shortly after Prof. Agassiz arrived in this country, LeConte began his
association with him which was to be life-long.
Travel was a great part of LeConte’s education. He made many trips,
which took him half way around the world, and enabled him to collect. much
of his material, as well as study the types of many species. In 1845 he
made his first trip to Platte River and Port Laramie. In 1849 he went with
Agassiz to explore the Lake Superior region. By 185Q he was on his way to
California, going by way of Panama, where he spent some time collecting. He
visited many places in California, and in 1851 he collected in the Valley of
Gila. In the year IS67 he took the job of geologist for a railroad survey
through Kansas and New Mexico, at which time he was able to do a great amount
of collecting. From IS69 to 1872 he was in Eurooe, his family with him. He
visited Algiers and Egypt during this stay, and he occupied many hours work¬
ing with European collections. His last trip was made in 1883 when he went
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to California to try to regain his rapidly failing health, hut failed. He
died that same year, on November 15th.
LeConte spent his final years as Chief Clerk in the United States mint.
He was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. His wife surviv¬
ed him, living to be seventy-five. She died in I917 at the home of her son.
Dr. Robert G. LeConte, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a
member of the Council of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.
LeConte began his entomological studies early. His first paper was
published while he was still a student in Medical School. Dr. George
Horn was so closely associated with LeConte in latter life that the two
names are always linked together. They pursued the quest for a sound class¬
ification of the beetles with close cooperation for many years. Together,
they had 11,000 species of North American beetles in their collection.
LeConte was always the patient, diginifed entomologist. He gave his
time generously to all who came to him for advice and critism. He readily
determined all beetles that were sent to him for identification, and many
were sent from all parts of the globe. He had many hundreds of corres¬
pondents all over the country, and many foreign. LeConte’s position of
having a private fortune ample enough to provide for his and his family1^'
needs enabled him to spend practically his full time studying beetles. He
was of the opinion that monographic works were badly needed in this country
and spent more than his share of time and energy filling this need. Although
he described many hundreds of new species, it was nearly always with the aim
of paving the way for a monograph of the group containing the new species.
In 1874, LeConte was elected president of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. He was a member of a great many societies, Tboth
in the United States and abroad.
LeConte left his entire collection of Coleoptera to the Museum of
Comparative Zoology at Harvard. This collection is preserved there in the
original boxes, with the specimens arranged as LeConte had them. Each
specimen had on it, instead of the conventional locality label, a bit of
colored paper. A color key has since been made to help following student
to determine the locality at which the specimens were collected. His library,
however, \*as not given to an institution, but rather sold at a public sale
in Philadelphia in 1884. It was listed as one of the major and most import¬
ant libraries ever offer.
Dr. Horn in his ''Memoir of John L. LeConte, M.D." reports the following
about the character of his writings:
"The early papers by LeConte gave little evidence of his analytical
power until, in 1850, he published his "Monograph of Pselaphidae", proposing
an arrangement v/hich remains at present the basis of the general classifica¬
tion of these minute insects. In the same year appeared the commencement of
his "Attempt to Classify the Longicorn Coleoptera of America north of Mexico",
requiring several years in publication, a work of much wider application than
indicated by its title, contributing much that was new to science, and adding
greatly in the rational classification of these favorite beetles.
"From this period his contributions to entomology were for the most part
monographic, and from their importance soon attracted attention abroad,
many of them being reprinted in foreign journals, winning for their author
the reputation he justly deserved. In their scope his papers cover nearly
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every portion of hig specialty. They contain evidence of patient and original
research, and added greatly to science. Eis work was in every case an inprove-
ment on what had previously "been done; he left a subject better than he found
it.
"In a general review of LeConte’s writings, we find them remarkably
free from controversial tendencies. Ke gave to science the results of care¬
ful study, knowing that in time whatever was worthy would be adopted. His
dissent from the views of others was always couched in the mildest terms.
He was above the limit of those petty jealousies which too often prevail be¬
tween those working in the same field.
"Numerous were the demands for his advice and assistance from all parts
of the country; rarely did he repel them, and no small portion of his time
was consumed in the determination of specimens for correspondents, with no
other reward than the hope that the seed thus sown might some day bear fruit.
"The results of LeConte’s works in Coleopterology in America are plain¬
ly marked. He entered the field ton years after the death of Say, who seems
to have had no higher ambition, if Indeed capacity, than the description of
the species which he collected. LeConte, on the other hand, began the frame¬
work of a systematic structure which he lived to see completed in all its
parts. He reduced chaos to order. His influence in entomological progress
in general is admitted on all hands, and so rapid has been the advance that
we now have nearly as many purely entomological societies and clubs as there
were interested individuals forty years ago. At that time the American
literature consisted of very little beyond the works of Say* to-day five
periodicals are devoted solely to entomology."
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THE C0LE0PT2RISTS’ BULLETIN
September 1947
EDITORIAL
We seem to have fallen into the scheme of things; we are following in
the footsteps of so many other journals and bulletins, by bringing out our
September issue in the middle of October. Cur only excuse is that the
printers have heen swamped, with work: having priority over ours. Conse¬
quentially, material has piled up, so we will probably be able to have the
October issue out sometime this month.
However, we still do not have an over abundance of material. So let
me urge you to send in these notes, articles, or notices that you have
t
ready, but haven’t had time to put in an envelope and mail.
I feel that perhaps you would like to know how many people this bulletin
reaches each month and something as to the results which have been obtained
to date .
At the present time, we mail out nearly tv.ro hundred copies of this bul¬
letin. The mailing list is still growing, thanks to the reviews which have
recently appeared in such journals as Entomological Hews, Annals of the
Entomological Society of American, and L’Entomoliste . The majority are
mailed to parts of the United States and Canada, but copies also gc to 12
other countries, mainly, France, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Brazil and
Argentina. An increasing number of libraries and institutions are subscrib¬
ing, which of course greatly increases the actual number of readers over the
number of subscribers.
Our primary aim is to increase the availability of material and to
present the news of the field. Exclusive of this issue, 117 names have
been printed offering exchanges, determiners, etc. However, some of those
names have been repeated from issue to issue, so the number is somewhat
smaller than that. The reports from those listing their interests have
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shov/n that the idea is getting results. Several have written that much more
material has been made available to them as a result of their notices. It
has certainly been a great aid in the editors research, nearly half of the
material upon which his work is based has become available directly as a
result of notices in the bulletin.
The number of contributors of notes, reviews, techniques, etc. is not
what we wish it were. Our goal has been to have this a "self-propelled" pro¬
ject. We do not desire it to be a one man effort, or the writings of the
editor only. We do appreciate the interest and suggestions that many of you
have sent. I do know that there is a lot of material that could be used in
this bulletin which has not been sent in. Several readers have indicated as
much in their letters to me.
As now planned, we expect to have four more issues this year. The
final issue of the year will be a complete list of determiners as known to
date, with an index to the volume. We would like , to have suggestions from
each reader as to what they would like to see included in the bulletin. We
would like news, reviews, biographies, notes on techniques and habitat re¬
cords for publication. And as always, exchanges, determiners and progress
reports .
Ross H, Arnett, Jr.
EDITOR
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SOME RECORDS OP CARAS IDAE COLLECTED Oil VANCOUVER ISLAND
WITH ECOLOGICAL DATA
Richard Guppy, Wellington, V.I., B.C.
In the following notes I have attempted to select either those species
which I have collected in sufficient numbers to enable me to gain an in-
sig^t into their habits, or those which are scarce enough to v/arrent special
mention. Odd records of common, well known species are omitted.
Species recorded as from "garden" were collected on reclaimed swamp
land, once covered with very dense forest and undergrowth. The soil is of
a muck or peaty nature and quite damp at all seasons. The species taken here
are m the mam quite different from those occupying the neighbouring
"unimproved"area.
Elaphrus clairvillei . I have one
wet mud among heavy undergrowth. This
imen of the common E. r iparius, from "
usually on sandy shores of streams.
record, Wellinton, June lgth. from
could be a stray as I have one spec-
garden". The latter species occurs
I have
out the
^lcera decenpunctata. Fairly frequent in garden among damp herbage.
taken tnese als0 a'-<ier bits of wood in muddy spots; occurs through-
summer
zlcrr di versa. Under logs on sandy beaches near the line of highest
u ides •
rn.h iophxlus _sylvat icus . During June I game across a colony of these on
dry ground, among the pine needles, sawdust, and other debris left by the
felling and cutting up of large trees. I am inclined to believe though, that
the clearing made in dense forest by removal of timber is the attraction.
Cychrus tuberculatus .
ground here is rocky,
from concealment by burning of undergrowth.
One only from Departure 3ay, October 4th. The
with many fallen trees. This specimen was driven
gjarginatus . Though usually associated with dead or rotten logs
and loose bark, I have found them quite frequently among dead leaves and
moss in clearings. Hi is and related species are best collected in the late
summer and autumn. In the spring they are inclined to be tenereal, and are
harder to find.
Ptercstichus crenicollis . Said to be scarce in collections, I have
been aole to take fair numbers, nearly always under bits of wood and bark
on very wet ground. Also occurs in very rotten logs imbedded in mud. Occas¬
ional specimen from garden among wet weeds.
A small species which may be P. anethystinus, P. castaneus, or both is
very common in the same situations as P. crenicollis, but appears to be less
dependant on wet conditions.
I have taken Ptercstichus spp. in tenereal condition in August and in
coitu frequently in August, and September. P. validus particularly is verv
active in September, at this time will take advantage of bits of wood placed
almost anywhere that is reasonably damp.
— ^iciophorus ater . Almost always in rotten wood or under logs, in fair¬
ly dry situations.
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Ajnara fallax, extremely common in garden. This insect is on the wing
a gr eat~deaT~orTho t days, when it may he picked up anywhere, just after
alighting.
Bemhidion erosum, Bemhidion zephryun, from sandy beaches.
B emb i d i o n duh i 1 021 s , garden, not frequent.
Bemhidion ni gripes, garden, very common, both species taken running
over open ground.'
Carabus nemoralis. I have some evidence that this widespread species
may bTpa^hy~in~'dIs’tribution. Though I have never taken it here, it appears
to be fairly common at Eanaino only seven miles distant. Among dead leaves
and moss on ground.
Carabus lapelayi . Two specimens taken from under boards in garden
during June, Uellington.
Dicheirus piceus. Very common on Rocky barren shorelines, under
stones and Togs. An attempt at collecting Coleoptera on several dry rocky
islands in the Strait of G-eorgia, resulted in this species only being taken
in any numbers. In addition, I had only one Harpalus cautus, and one large
Staphylinidae, (Ocypus ater?) Batches of D. piceus token in late Septem¬
ber contained many teneral individuals.
Zacotus natthewsi . One only from sandy beach, under log, Tofino, May
l6th. Collected by Kenneth Gibson.
Bothriopterus adstr ictus . Very common under boards in garden, not
t ak en els ewher e .
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OBITUARY
In Dr. Daniel Louis Uyttenboogaart , who passed away after a painful
illness on August 2nd, 1947 in his seventy-fifth year, the ITederlandsche
Entomologische Vereeniging (Dutch Enton. Soc.) has lost its President and
one of the most prominent Coleopter ist s among its members. He was a well
known specialist in Curculionidae and in Coleoptera from the Azores. He
made collecting trips to the Azores and to South Africa.
P. K. v. Doesburg.
Baarn - HOLLAED
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fall COLLECTING
Henry Dietrich, Cornell University
Many interesting "beetles are collected in the Fall. Many of- the
jground beetles or Carabidae seen to be quite plentiful under stones, and
ot^r cover. In tiie vicinity of Ithaca, Sphaeroderus lecontei is very
common at this time and may be taken in mating pairs in the woods under
stones. Judging by the labels, collecting of Cychrini in the Great Smokies
of Tennessee and North Carolina must be very good too at this time of year.
Beating and sweeping are still productive on warm days. Many weevils come’
to tiie ends of the grass and other vegetation in swamps and may be taken
by sweeping. It also is an excellent time of year for sifting. But be
sure it i.s a sunny day and spread your' cloth in the sun so that the sun* s
hays cause the" beetles to move and' you can see them. Further, at this time
of year you will find groups of fungi on the forest floor; dig under them
and you are very likely to find' species of Geotrupes. By breaking up
the fungus over a sheet, you will find Derodontidae, which are always
rare as well as .several species of Oxyporus of the Staphylinidae. Sifting
sphagnum, especially from the mountain tops is very good at this time of
year, but it is best to gather the sphagnum in burlap- sacks and bring it
down to lower levels and let it warm up before sifting in the sun. Several
sacks of sphagnum brought, down from Mt . Whit ef ace had a nice series of
Leiodidae besides other small "bee ties •
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LARVAE ( . •;
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• Henry Dietrich, Cornell University. , ,
A collection of larvae is an interesting addition to any collection
of beetles. But it takesn little practice to keep the larvae in their
natural color. Bring the larvae in. alive and then drop them in water
tuat is at a boiling temperature and leave then for a couple of minutes
or more depending on their size. Large larvae it is xvise to prick with
a- ninuten-nad-el in several, places. Then "drop in a .solution made .as follows
95$ alcohol (ethyl) " 280 cc
Distilled water 230 cc
Benzol 35 Cc
Ethyl acetate 95 cc
Leave, in the above solution overnit e and then preserve in 75-80$ ethyl
alcohol. Do not use., too small a vial as they dry out too soon. We use
the 4 dram. vrial as standard. Laoels for alcoholic specimens may be typed
on a type writ ter provided ‘a grey ribbon is used. 'The ordinary black ribbon
will run.
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110 TICES
Barr, William F., Department of Entomology, University of Idaho, Moscow,
Idaho. [llotes CHANGE OF ADDRESS]. Will determine: North American Cler-
idae and Buprestidae.
van Doesburg, P. H., Jr., Ceintuurbaan 2, Deventer - HOLLAND. Exchange :
Carahidae or other Coleoptera from here for American Carahidae.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
[The following notice was received from Dr. C. P. Alexander today.
Aside from being a wonderful opportunity to obtain hard to get Chinese mater¬
ial, it is an appeal to every Coleopterist to help a fellow worker. I
hope that every reader will give this appeal serious consideration, as an
appeal from one in need, disregarding the additional incentive of obtain¬
ing beetles as pay for doing a good deed. EDITOR]
Dr. Hans Klapperich, Kaiser strasse 229* (22) Bonn, British Zone,
Germany, desires to exchange beetles from the high mountains of north¬
western Fukien Province, China for packages of FOOD. Dr. Klapperich and
family are in great NEED and advantageous exchange of specimens for pare el s
of food can be made by interested persons. It is suggested that the food
be handled through C.A.R.E., 50 Broad Street, Hew York 4, II. Y. Packages
costing $ 10.00, U.S.A. currency, can be obtained by sending this amount
of currency to C.A.R.E. Will interested persons contact Dr. Klapperich
and make their own arrangements concerning the desired beetle families.
Dr. C. P. Alexander
Amherst, Mass.
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Arnett, R. H., Jr., Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca,
II. Y. Desire ; Exotic species of Oedemeridae r epresenting as many genera as
possible. I will exchange Oedemeridae or most any group desired. Also,
I would like to see any North American material which you m ay care to send
for determination or loan for study. I am particularly interested in
seeing as much additional material of the genus Copidita as possible.
Bottimer, L. J., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas. Exchange: Will collect in
certain families for Bruchidae of western U. S. and foreign countries.
Desire : Bruchidae of the world, especially species from Mexico and south¬
ward .
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Hicolle, Henri, Ingenieur E. C. P., Saint-Blaise paer Uontieramey Aube,
FPA1TCE. Desire ; Scarabaeidae . Will exchange: European beetles for Worth
American Scarabaeidae.
Leech, Hugh 3., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park,
cisco, 18,. California. Will determine:. Small lots of Haliplidae,
idae, Gyrinidae and Hydrophilidae.
San Fran-
Dyt i se¬
ll ar lick, Robert, 831- 36 Avenue, San Francisco 21
mine: Buprestidne of the world. Desire; Same.
Coleoptera for Buprestidae of the world. Comments
, California. Will deter-
Sxchange : Most families of
: Will buy Buprestidae.
Werner, Floyd, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge 38,
Mass. Desire; United States and Deo tropical Epicauta, particularly Epicauta
vir guinea over its range, Eg - fun ebr is , spotted Epicauta1 s from Manitoba
and Wyoming, grey ones from. Nebraska .and Kansas for some notes- and additions
to my revision coming out scon.
CQLlCPT’ZRISTS AT THE 'BRITISH I!USBUM (UATURAL HISTORY) , LOl'DOIT S .U. 7
Staff
H . Scott, Sc.D., F.R.S. In charge of Staphylinidae, Malacodermata,
Teredilia, Serricornia, Clavicornia [part], Phytophagaf
Special interests: Fauna of Ethiopia and Arabia.
E. B. Britton, M.Sc., In Charge of Adephaga, Lamell icornia, Curculion-
idae .
Special interest :
Australia.
Carabidae
of ITew Zealand,
Melolonthidae of
H. E. Hinton, Ph.D. , In charge of Eeteromera, Clavicornia [part],
Dascilloidea, Scolytidae, Brenthidae, etc.
Special interest: Elm idae of the World. Coleoptera of stored pro¬
ducts.
E. A. J. Duffy, Special interest ; Cerambycidae and Melandryidae, im¬
mature stages and biology. Will exchange larvae and adults of British
species for material from Europe and America.
Part-time Workers:
J. D f our-B r 0 wn e , M.A., Water-beetles, Curculicnidae .
Special interest : Hydrophilidae of the world.
S. Maulik, M. A., D. Sc., Chr y s one 1 i dae ; relations of phytophagous
insects to their food plonts. Requires plants damaged by Chrysomelidae
and parasites of Chrysomelidae.
Volant ary Workers:
G-. J. Arrow, Laraellicornia, End.omych.idae.
G. E. Bryant, Chrysomelidae .
A. F. Kapur, M.Sc. Coccinellidne and their immature stages.
S;ir"~Guy A. K. Marshall , D. Sc., F.R.S. Curculionidae* (Africa- and
OrientalT .
SIZE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTION OR COLEOPTEBA
The general Collection of Coleoptera in the British Museum (Natural
History) includes about l4o,000 species and roughly 3.000,000 specimens.
About 50fo of the know, species of Coleoptera are represented. The
collection is contained in 6,000 drawers, IS" "by IS" in wooden 20 drawer
cabinets .
E. B. Britton, M.Sc.
[The preceding information on the staff and size of the British
Museum was supplied by Mr. E. 3. Britton of the British Museum (Natural
History). Mr. Britton adds in his letter: "It would be most useful if
other museums could be induced to provide similar lists of their Coleopter-
ists." I agree vith Mr. Britton, and hope this notice will aid in inducing
some staff member of the Museum containing collections of beetles to
compile a similar list for this publication. EDITOR. ]
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BRISF BIOGRAPHIES
George Henry Horn
In the previous issue, we "briefly outlined the life of John L. LeConte.
The story of LeConte would not he complete without the story of George Horn,
pie two names are linked together in the minds of every American Coleopter-'
ist. Between the two of them, they gave us the foundations of much of" our
work today. There is no single group upon which they heave not left their
:mark. It is remarkable, the close parallelism between the life pattern of
LeConte and that of Horn. This parallelism is fairly consistent through¬
out ;their lives.
Li. Horn was a native of Philadelphia. Like so many naturalists, he
was born in the month of April, April 7th, lS4o to be exact. He received
his -secondary education in both private and public schools of Philadelphia.
At the age of 13 he entered the Central- High School of Philadelphia. Prom
tnere he became a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Like LeConte,
he studied medicine. j.e graduated in 186l, with the degree of Doctor of
r.ec.icine. His zoological work began while he was a medical student. His
early interests were not with beetles, or even insects, but rather he
studied the Coelenterat es and Bryzoa. Several papers appeared on these
subjects, written in collaboration with Mr. William M. Gabb. In lgbO,
Horn became a member ol the newly formed-Entomological Society of Philadel¬
phia. It was- then that he met Dr. LeConte, and there formed a friendship
destined to last a lifetime and profoundly change the course of Coleopter-
logical research.
In June, 1862, Horn went to- California where he was commissioned by
Governor Leland St am ore., Assistant Surgeon, in the Second Cavalry, Califor¬
nia Volunteers . On July l4, 1864, he was made surgeon of the First Infantry
Regiment, California Volunteers. His Civil War service included additional
comissions and finally terminated with the rank of Major in the Second
In^try Regiment, California Volunteers, on April 16, 1866. He made use
of v%y opportunity during tke war to collect and observe insects.
At the end of his war service, he returned to Philadelphia and started
the practice of medicine. He was active in the work of the" Entomological
Society of Philadelphia, and was elected president.
During the spring and summer of 1874 he visited Europe, studying the
types in London and Paris. He became acquainted with European entomologists
on this visit and on others which he made in 1882 and 1888*. In 1889 he was
elected Professor of Entomology at the. University of Pennsylvania, but never
actively taught under that title. He visited California in 1893, shortly
oe fore his death. In 1895 his health failed rapidly and he died sudc’enlv,
November 24, 1897, in Philadelphia.
In many respects, Dr. Horn’s work was a completion of the work started
by LeConte. It \^as he who , developed LeConte's classification, and made
species revisions of many groups in which LeConte established the generic
concepts. Horn's work is an example of thoroughness. LeConte was a broad
student of nature, Horn narrower. Horn's descriptions are models of clarity
in which essentials are emphasized, structure given first rank, and minor
details mentioned as incidents. The important thing to him was the combina¬
tion of characters.
Korn's papers, fortunately, are not widely scattered; the majority
nay he found in the "Proceedings of the American philosophical Society" and
the "Transactions of the American Entomological Society." Most of his
papers are long, representing complete revisions; very few are short notes.
REVIEWS
Dawson, R.
Soc . ,
** . , Dew Sp
55:223-235.
ecies of Serica ( Scar ahaei dae )
pis. IX-XXI ; 1947.
VII,
Jour.
IT. Y. Ent.
Tli is paper discusses l6 species of the genus Serica, 7 of
are new. One new subspecies is described. 13 of the species
ed by fine examples of halftone stippled drawings of the male
these species
are illustrat-
genitalia.
The genus Serica is perhaps, one of the most troublesome to every
Coleopterist when he tries to identify his material. So much so, that most
collections have little beyond a generic label. Mr. Dawson explains that
the external characters are few and often variable. "Consequently the
usual descriptions do not suffice for the identifications of the species.
The characters of the male genital, armature should be considered first and
the description of external characters used as a supplement." Mr. Dawson
has carried out this introductory statement ly precis descriptions and
measurements, and by his remarkable artistic ability, has g iven the student
of this group a s et of drawings which should greatly aid in making positive
identification of these species in the future.
Robinson, Mark, Dotes on a few Scarabaeidae (Cole_optera) , Ent. News., 53:
14Q-150, 1947.
Motes on some species of Aohodius, Ataer.ius and Phyllophaga are given
in this paper.
Buck ,
John B. , Studies on the Firefly, IV : Ten new
Proc. U.S.U.M., vol. 97, no. 3210, pp, 59-79 »
Lanpyrids from J amaica. ,
pis. 1-3 > 19^7 •
This
studying
the media
This has
paper is introduced by a discussion of the technique used for
the male genitalia, a technique which is very useful for studying
n and lateral lobes without removing them from the specimens,
the advantage of being a great time saver, both in preparation
and in record keeping.
This maper deals with the genera Phctinus, Dipho tus , Me ro diphot and
Presbyolampis, the last of which is new. Ten new species are described
and each is illustrated by both photographs aid line drawings. Photographs
of the entire insect are included. The line drawings are of the male
genitalia, claws and other structures.
This work was conducted with the cooperation of Dr. Barber of the United
States National Mseum, and it is mentioned in the introduction that Dr.
Barbe-r and Dr. Buck have in preparation a monograph of the fireflies of
Jamaica which will include all previously published information on this
group .
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ARTICLES AND NOTES
All articles and notes should be sent to the Editor in care of The Sherwood Press, Box 84, Dry¬
den N Y. Only material conforming with the editorial policy of this bulletin will be accepted.
The editor reserves the right to reject or change any material not conforming with the stated edi¬
torial policy.
EDITORIAL POLICY
TO FOSTER AN INTEREST IN AND FURTHER THE SCIENCE OF COLEOPTER-
OI OGY BY PROVIDING A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, A GUIDE TO THE
SOURCE OF MATERIAL, NEWS OF CURRENT PROGRESS, AND TO WORK FOR A
UNITY OF SPIRIT AND PURPOSE SHALL BE THE AIM OF THIS BULLETIN.
Any person in any country may contribute material for this bulletin in any language provided
they conform with this policy. All material thought to be “amateurish” in the sense that it is juven-
ile will be rejected. But it is to be distinctly understood that this bulletin is for the serious Ama¬
teur as well as for the Professional, and all are invited to write its pages. Material for this bulletin
will be confined to the field of COLEOPTEROLOGY except in the case of items of a general na¬
ture which would be of interest to Coleopterists. Material written in a light or humorous vein
which is not designed to promote interest in the field of Coleopterology will be rejected. It is felt
that descriptions of new forms, etc., should not be included in this bulletin.
Printed in U. S. A.
EDITORIAL
In the next few issues of the bulletin we plan to publish articles
dealing with some of the phases of beetle study which are particularly in
need of attention, This will be done by means of feature articles which we
have asked certain workers to write. Such subjects as the following will be
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covered?
1. Groups of beetles needing revising.
2. Genotypes of Coleoptera.
3 » Larvae of Coleoptera.
4. The genitalis. of beetles and technique for their study.
3. ’wing venation and folding patterns of Coleoptera.
6. Bioxicmi os of beetles, and methods of studying bionomics.
7 • Color patterns insbeetle taxonomy.
8. Comparative morphology of beetles.
9* Geographical distribution of beetles.
It is the thought of the eeito'" that the proportion of work done on simple
routine descriptions of new species far outweighs the work done on these
other pho.ses of study. By such a series of articles bringing to
tion of the Coiecpterict the need of more comprehensive studies,
phasis might be exerted along these lines.
the atten-
more em-
bhereas tne Coleopterists perhaps have more work ahead of them in
the way of pure descriptions than do the workers in most other groups, they
have been prone to overlook comprehensive reviews of the work already done.
In the rush of cataloguing and describing, many features are omitted even
in pure morphology. Tor instance, very little use is made of wing venation,
and only recently has the structure of the genitalia been considered. Hundred
of species are described each year without thought of the larval form. True,
this is due to circumstance to a large degree. By that I mean lack of time,
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facilities and means of publishing. The fact remains, however, that • the
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taxonomy of beetles is rapidly getting out of hand simply because of this
mass of uncorrelated, purely external morphological descriptions. Few species
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are described and placed in genera which have no genotype designated and are
poorly defined.
It is hoped that by means of these articles, some interest will
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be kindled in these subjects where it is now lacking, and serve to bring to
the attention of the neophyte, especially, the need for this work.
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What about the formation of a Coleopterists' Society ? This editor
has received very little in the way of suggestions and indications of inter-
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est in the formation of such a society. Let’s have some ideas'.
R.H. Arnett, Jr.
EDITOR
special oeeer to fore I git
COLEOPTERISTS
The editor will exchange a years subscription to this Bulletin with
Coleopterists living in those countries unable to send money to this country
for beetles .
He desires especially specimens of OEdemeridae, Silphidae, Histeridae
or any Keteromera,, He prefers not to have Cuculionidae or Clirysomelidae,
but will accept any lot of short series.
You may send beetles with your subscription order if you like, with¬
out previous arrangements.
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Cicindelid Collecting in Texas
By Barry B. Valentine
Ithaca, 11. Y .
This past summer, the author had the opportunity to collect rather
extensively in the state of Texas. Seventeen species and twenty-four varieties
of Cicindelids were taken during this collecting trip. A large open pasture
located six and one-half miles west of Fort Davis in the Davis Mountains
proved to he one of the most interesting collecting spots for Cicindelids.
The following is an account of some of the species taken there.
One of the most interesting species collected was Cicindela ohsoleta,
which is the largest species of Cicindelid in the United States. This species
is between seventeen and twenty-one millimeters long and very variable in
color. Typical obsoleta is dull black and immaculate. Variety prasina LeC.
is bright green and also immaculate. Variety santaclarae Bat. is also green
but varies from a single submarginal spot to a complete set of markings. As
a rule, the brighter the green, the more complete the markings. Variety
anita Dow is black with incomplete markings and variety vulturina LeC. ap¬
parently combines most of the maculate forms but is appreciably larger.
Actually, this hair-splitting of color characters is valueless because inter¬
mediate forms occur in each case. There were observed maculate, immaculate,
green, brown and black forms in various combinations in copula. A series of
forty specimens were collected in this pasture. It had a mud hole in one
corner and only five obsoleta were on the mud flats while all the others
were running around in the arid pasture several hundred yards from the near¬
est moisture.
This species is fast, alert and very hard to catch. They prefer
open ground with short sparse vegetation and are most active late in the
afternoon when the sun loses some of its intensity. They have the habit of
resting in the shade of a bit of grass or small stone where they are im¬
possible to see. The best system for finding them is to walk back and fourth
across the field waving a net from side to side. Using this system, the only
difficulty is to distinguish the flying obsoleta from the thousands of grass¬
hoppers and then keep track of them until they land. This would be a simple
matter for most tiger beetles, but obsoleta flies so long that it is often
lost in the distance.
Cicindela horni Schp . was one of the less seldom seen tiger
beetles which inhabited the same range as obsoleta* It took twelve days of
collecting before the first specimen was found, and this was quite by accid¬
ent. While looking for a black widow spider under a piece of dried cow manure,
both the spider and a jet black Cicindela were found. During the next few
days six more were collected, two being beneath dried manure and four running
over the ground during the late afternoon. The easiest method of recognizing
these beetles is by the way they act. Instead of flying when distrubed, they
duck and try to run off in the grass. A net is useless; they are far easier
caught by hand. Strangely enough, even when there is no place for them to hide,
they invariably run a short distance before they take wing. They are almost
impossible to keep in sight when in the air, as they fly very fast. If they
dissapear from view while in the air, they may be again found by walking about
five paces in the general direction the insect went, then standing quietly for
a minute or so. Horni, like obsoleta, remains quiet for some time after
landing. 1/hen it senses the danger is over, it begins to move. When it does
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this, the shiny black color is easy to see against the dry ground.
A third species which shunned the mud flat area and preferred the
pasture was Oicinde: a.pulchra Lay. This 'beautiful beetle is bright purplish-
red' ancl emerald gr eon ,* -It ..s about fifteen mixlimeters long. The species
is relatively easy to^ approach, but it the first try is missed, there is
seldom the opportunity for a second! The first specimens seen were a mating
pair which separated when approached » A swing, with the net captured the male,
but the female was so fast she was not even observed taking wing. Pulchra
appears to be abroad at all times of the day, but since only seven specimens
were observed in two weeks of intensive collecting, this is said with reser¬
vation. ;
Four other -species of Cicindelidae were caught in this same past¬
ure, but these were on the mud flats or in-. the immediate vicinity. These
species were1. C» punctulata 01 iv., lemniscaja LeC., se&ecimpunctata Klug
and nigrocoerulea LeC. Punctulata was quite common on the mud, most of
the specimens being intergrades between typical punctulata and variety
micans Say; the majority of specimens being dull green with some running into
dull bronze. • There was also one bright blue specimen with a complete set of
dots. This was probably Bates’ variety chihuahuae .
Cicindela lemniscata LeC. was not as _ common at Fort Davis as it
was in other adjacent areas. It prefers^dry sandy spots close to moisture
and can usualljr be found within a yard or two of the line of demarcation bet¬
ween wet and dry ground. It also comes to light.
C. sedicimpunctata Klug was common on the mud flats, rare on the
adjacent dry ground.
Cicindela nigrocoerulea LeC. was the commonest tiger beetle ever
observed by the writer. There were thousands of them crowded together on
the mud flats and more- on the surrounding dry ground. The great majority
of the hundred collected were of the green .form named robusta by Leng in
his revision. -'The typical blue or blackish nigrocoerulea were relatively
rare, occur ing about .one blue to every two or three hundred green. As in
obsoleta and punctulata the blue and black forms we re much harder to catch
than the green, many specimens talcing wing as soon as one moved in their
direction. . .
The other ten species observed and collected on this trip will
be discussed in a later issue.
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A TECHNIQUE FOR STAINING, DISSECTING, AND MOUNTING THE MALE GENITALIA OF BEETLES
By Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
Ithaca, K.Y.
The classification of certain groups of Beetles is to a large extent
becoming dependent on characters offered by the genitalia, primarily the
males, but more and more by the females. In some respects, this is unfortun¬
ate, because of the additional time which must be spent in preparing adequate
mounts of these organs. However, it is a fact that in some groups, at least,
the genitalia offer characters which are more positive for identification
purposes than the characters offered externally. It must be always borne in
mind that in the final analysis, these characters are really only another set
of morphological structures. Perhaps they are less affected by nutritional
and environmental factors, and hence can be relied upon to give a clearer
definition of the species. But they are not immune to change, slight modifica¬
tions and alterations, as are all other structures. So at best, they are, like
all taxonomy, but man's interpretation of natures disorderly scheme of things.
Sharp and Muir in 1912 [The Comparative Anatomy of the male genital
tube in Coleoptera, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1Q12, pp. 477-642, 37 plates],
gave us a comprehensive view of the genital tube as found throughout the order.
They also gave us a set of terms which we can apply to these various structures.
However, due to the magnitude of the work, lack of time, and of vital practical
importance, probably lack of space, these authors considered only the median
and lateral lobes forming the so-called aedeagus. They mention only in nass-
ing that the eighth and ninth abdominal segments offer many characters of
Value. It has been this author's experience that these two segments offer in
many cases much more diversity, and hence many more positive characters than
are offered by the aedeagus alone. Therefore, the following discussion in¬
cludes these two abdominal segments as well as the aedeagus.
MORQPKOLOGY ; The following sketches illustrate the structure of the
male genitalia as found in the Keteromera, specifically, the genus Rhinoplatia
of the family OEdemeridae . It will be noted here that the median lobe fits
into a trough formed by the lateral lobes [tegmen]. In this case, the lateral
lobes are poorly differentiated, in other groups they are well developed
processes projecting from the base along each side of the median lobe. These
two parts are collectively refened to as the aedeagus. The aedeagus fits in¬
to the collar formed by the ninth abdominal segments. These together are be¬
tween the two plates of the eighth abdominal segment. In this case, the
tergite and sternite of the eighth segment are deeply emarginate, each form¬
ing two lobes. Note the long apodemere of the ninth abdominal segment. This
is characteristic of the order, but in many groups the remainder of the ninth
segment is reduced to a narrow ring. Often, the eighth abdominal segment is
simply two flat plates which offer little in the way of identification char¬
acters. In the example figured here, this is a small lobe on the inner sur¬
face of the ventral plate of the ninth abdominal segment. This lobe is sub¬
ject to considerable modification throughout the group.
It is these parts then, that should be considered in the study of
the genitalia. Because of the several layers of chitinous structures invol¬
ved, the author has found it an advantage in studying these parts to dissect
the membranes holding them together and separate the individual segments. In
some cases, however, this is not necessary as the entire set of structures
may be stretched out into a long series, with the membrane holding them to-
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^Basal piece
4— Median strut
Lateral lobes
[tegmen]
Median lobe
(Dorsal surface towards top of drawing)
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gether, without overlapping of the parts.
It must "be.; mentioned here, that even by including the eighth and
ninth abdominal segments in the study of the genitalia, the possibilities of
finding yaluable characters are not exhausted. If the membranes connecting
these harder parts, the ducts leading into the parts, and the muscles connect¬
ed to these parts were throughly studied, much more could be learned from
these structures about affinities, etc., perhaps facts of a much more funda**
mental nature than any known at the moment .
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TECHNIQUE : The first step in the preparation of the material for
study is relaxing the specimen. This is done simply by putting the specimen
in a beaker of hot, but not boiling water, after first removing the labels.
Only one specimen at a time however, because of the danger of confusing the
data, should be r.elaxed. The author has found it more convenient to relax
specimens in this way, rather than placing a number of specimens in a relax¬
ing jar over night, for two reasons. The first is, that there is always the
danger of the labels becoming water soaked in a relaxing jar, and secondly,
it is not- always possible to determine the sex of the specimen before hand,
and hence,, the relaxing jar may be filled with females instead of males. By
this faster method, a great number of .specimens may be relaxed in a few minutes,
and if they prove to be females, there has been little time lost.
After the specimen has been relaxed, the genitalia are removed by
holding the specimens between the thumb and forefinger under the low power of
the binocular microscope and extracting the genitalia by means of a finely
ground .insect pin. Care must be taken not to cut or pierce the structures
with the pin. If the specimen is throughly relaxed, the genitalia will easi¬
ly pull out to a point where it may be cut off with fine scissors or pulled
off with a pair of forceps.
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After the genitalia are removed they should be placed in a small
watch glass of pure water. The author has found that the two cm. size watch
glasses used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Quarantine,
are the most economical to use. A number is given to both the specimen and
to the removed genitalia, and this number recorded in a record book. If the
plates of; the seventh abdominal segment have been removed with the genitalia,
as is often the case, these may be removed while in the water, and the struct¬
ure teased apart somewhat before it is placed in KOH. This will facilitate
the penetration of the KOH and hasten the eating away of the muscles and
membrane. A ten percent solution of potassium hydroxide is used to dissolve
out the muscle and membrane. This is heated in a small casserole with a
cover. The exact concentration of the KOH is relatively unimportant, unless
the structure is particularly small and delicate. The continued heating of
the KOH soon boils away a great deal of water, thus greatly increasing the
concentration of the KOH, making it necessary to frequently add water. By
using a covered casserole, this is somewhat overcome. But the change in
concentration has no bad effects on the genitalia if a close vratch is kept.
Here again time is saved. If the genitalia were soaked in cold KOH over
night as is usually, recommended, much more time is necessary to prepare a
series of slides, and also, what is more important, the progress of dissolv¬
ing the undesired tissues cannot be as closely checked.
It is often desirable in the case of small or weakly chitinized
genitalia to stain with Gage’s stain to bring out the structure. Gage’s
stain is prepareed as follows:
Acid fuchsin . 0*5 gran
10 percent, hydrochloric acid . 25-0 cc.
(Add 10 cc. of concentrated HC1 [Sp. gr. 1.18] to 90 cc.-of
distilled water.)
Distilled water .... . 300.0 cc.
This stock solution is diluted, one drop of stain to five drops of water.
After the genitalia are removed from the KOH,' the length of tine
"being dependent on the amount of muscle and membrane necessary to remove, it
is placed in acetic alcohol (3 parts of hO percent ethyl alcohol, 1 part
acetic acid). This has the additional advantage of expanding and extending
the organ as veil as neutralising the KOH and stopping the action. It is
'also necessary "because Gageus stain is colorless in a "base solution. From
the acetic alcohol, it is placed directly into the stain. The stain is
diluted, and the watch glass covered and left for 12 hours.
Dissection may be done either before or after the staining, which
ever is more convenient. Dissection should be done only where it is necessary
to see the parts clearly, and if done, care must be taken to observe the re¬
lationship of the parts. It is well to sketch the parts as observed during
the dissection. Sometinesit is an advantage to leave the dissecting until
after the structures have been cleared in xylene.
After removing from the stain, place in water to remove the excess
stain, and then place in 9 5$ alcohol, except in the case of very delicate
specimens in which case placing directly in a concentration of alcohol may
cause some distortion. From 95 $ alcohol, place in carbo-xylene, which is
prepared from a solution of carbolic acid, one .part and xylene, one part.
From the carbo-xylene, place in pure xylene, and then mount in balsam. The
length of time necessary to leave the specimen in each solution must be deter¬
mined by experience, but in general, five minutes in each is sufficient.
Often, if there is little to prevent a free penetration of the solution, much
less time is necessary for each step.
It is always well, before making a permanent slide of a specimen,
to make a sketch of the structure while it can still be freely moved. Often,
if this is not dene, important structures, or a least form and relationship
is overlooked.
As with any attempt to outline technique, this is little mere than
a sketch of some of the points to oe considered. Each technician must work
out the details for himself. Each group presents certain problems peculiar
to that group, and must he overcome by a modification of technique. Therefore
it is important to be always alert, and ready \o make changes to suit the case
Do not let the technique become the end, but rather carefully prepared mater¬
ial which will serve to best advantage the worker in carrying on his research
the end. Remember that an extruded, dried genitalia still attach-
specimen may serve the purpose $ust as well as an elaborately pre¬
stained slide. It depends solely upon the complexity of the struc-
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should be
ed to the
pared and
ture and the fineness of the characters necessary to employ in separating the
species .
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brief BIOGRAPHIES
Thomas Lincoln Casey
Thomas Lincoln Casey was horn at West Point, N.Y. in 1857 . He
came from a family long associated with the Army. His father was Chief of
the Engineers and carried through the construction of the Congressional
Library building and the upper part of the Washington Monument.
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Young Casey attended the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale
University for a year and then entered the Military Academy at West Point.
He was a brilliant student and a leader of his class.
Casey’s first scientific interest was astrcnony. In 1882 he was
a member of a scientific expedition to the Cape of Good Hope to observe the
transit of Venus. Later he i^ent to Texas as a member of the Greer County
Commission to mark the boundary lines between a portion of what was then the
Indian Territory and the State of Texas.
Early in his career Casey became interested in beetles. As an
Army man, his frequently changed stations afforded him opportunities to
collect in wideljr separated localities throughout the United States. Half
a dozen pf his papers on North American beetles appeared in 1884, and from
then on they were frequent. The fifty or more publications which were pub¬
lished before 1910 were confined to the Coleoptera of North America, but
with the "Memoirs on the Coleoptera" (1910-1924) he enlarged his field to
include Central and South America species as well.
Casey advanced regularly 'throughout his Army career. He retired
from active duty in 1912 with the rank of Colonel. After retirement, he made
his home in Washington, D. C. Colonel Casey died February 3» 1925» and the
microscope he had used throughout his long entomological career was buried
with him.
Casey not only specialized in beetles, but conchology was a field
of interest to him as well. Upon his death, he left to the United States
National Museum one of the largest and finest collections of beetles in the
• world. He also bequeathed his conchological collection to the museum and
with each collection a comprehensive library.
Much could be said regarding Casey’s collection. A special room
is set aside for it at the National Museum and a special fund established by
Mrs. Casey takes care of the collection, paid for the arrangement of it for
use by other students and provides for the publication of certain beetle
papers by the museum. [For further details, see: Smithsonian Miscellaneous
Collections, Vol. 9^* no . 2, 1935* "Thomas Lincoln Casey and the Casey Coll¬
ection of Coleoptera. ]
Casey was perhaps the most ardent student of beetles this country
has yet produced. Also he was and is the subject of the greatest amount of
criticism. Much of this criticism is just, much injust . But regardless of
the criticism, "he was," as a well known Coleopterist states "the first to
put a beetle under a microscope." There is no denying that his work was care¬
ful, painstakingly accurate and well done. Also, there is no denying that
he created a great number of species • synonyms, species as we think of them
today. Perhaps he was ahead of his time. Perhaps his species are micro-
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species or embryonic species. Bu.t his oh s or vat ions were correct, and a well
described synonym is better than a poorly described species. There' is also one
factor in iii.s species descrioing which is often overlooked. According to thOoe
who knew something of his work, there is definite .evidence that many of the
series which were sent no him to l cuc.y were ,'6dite^Jl, so to speak. Many of his
■^ypg series are only of a i.ew snedmens which are Ctx spinet unless the inter-,
mediate forms are interjected. Casey was never known, or suspected of conven-
igfld.y overlooking these intermed.* HuS forms®. Tills "editing of series, there¬
fore, accounts for many of hie synonyms,! and ;hp was the innocent victim of
this "editing'1. But it cannot be denied /that- he was a "splitter" to the "nth"
degree, and hence . many of his ■ followers. have rejected his species.
Colonel Casey, soldier, astronomer, concologist and coleopterist,
left a deep imprint on American ■ccheopterology,:. such an imprint that he has
left many of us bewiltered by his- -intense pursuance of the study and the
extent of the ground which he covered.
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REVIEWS • ;
Knull, J. N., New Els.teridae with notes on Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) , Ent. News,
58 : 177-18l7”9"5*? • ■’ . ..
Three new species- are described,; two in the genus Limonius, and
one in the genus Ludius. ■ Also 'there are notes -on. species of Isorhipis,
Deltomelopus, Dirhagus and Nematodes . . ; " . .
White, B. E., A new species of Caphrocerus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) , Ent.
News., 58; 181-18^, 1 9^7 • ' >
Voss, E. , Uber Cuculioniden, vorwiegend aus dem Gebiet der Anden (Col. Cure.)
Rev. de Ent . , 18 : 45-64, 1947 •
Two new genera and- twelve new speciesare described from Peru.
Uhmann, E . , Die Deckenelemente der Hisp inae- Gruppen Chalepini und Uroplatini .
(Col., Chrysom.), Rev. de Ent., 18:113-132, 19^7*
.An interesting paper which deals with the sculpture of the elytra
of these groups. • ' ‘ • •
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Saylor, L. W. Studies in the Melolonthine Scarab beetle genera of the Amer¬
ican continents, no. V, Rev. de Ent . 18 : 161-166 , 1947 •
A continuation of Mr. Saylor's Melolonthinae studies in which a
new genus is described.
Fisher, W. S., Nev; Neotropical Cerambycidae, . belonging to the genus Dorcasta
Pasco e (Col. ) , Rev. ‘ de Ent., 173-122, 19^7 »
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Eight species are described as new.
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Jeannel, D. Rene, Sur les Kaptoderus des Pyrenees, (Coleoptera, Pterostichidae) .
Rev. Fran. D'Ent.7T4 :105-188, lW TCarabidae J! - - - -
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Keys to species, subspecies, etc. with illustrations of the edeagus
and descriptive notes on each are given.
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Normand, Dr. H., Remarques sur les Cryptocephalus voisins du C. blandulus
Har., Rev. FTSZTD^tTT'lFTlUiri^Tlfi^ - .* - — ^
Two new species are here described.
Sanpere, Joaquin M., Contribucion al estudio de los Carabidos del Sahara
Espanol, (Col., CarabidaeT, Eos, 23*103-164, plT 5,1947. ; -
Sixty-one species of Carabids are discussed in this paper. It is
concluded by a 'discussion of the 'distribution of these species in Rio de Oro
* [Sahara Espanol]. * '
Gressitt, J. Linsley, notes on the Lepturinae (Coleoptera, .Cerambycidae) ,
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. , 45: 190-192, 1947. ‘ ~ - -
' This is a brief discussion of the subfamily Lepturinae of the
world, with thirteen notes involving changes in nomenclature of the snecies
and genera of the group.
Br. Philip & Fr. 0. Fournier, Technique for the Detection of Insect Molting,
Report of the Ent. Soc. of Ont., 19467 pp. 10-13, 1947.. 1 pi . “
After several substances had been tried, the authors found that
the, marking of nymphs of Blattella germanica with Higgins Eternal Black Ink
(no. S12) enabled then to note the exact number of instars. The recently
moulted nymphs will not eat the portion. of the cast skin marked with this
ink . •
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Rees, Bryant E., Taxonomy of the larvae of some Horth American Novi ini,
. (Coleoptera, CoccineUidael,. Pan-Pac. Ent., 23:113-119, 194*76 r
This paper describes the larvae of-the three species of Coccinellids
comprising the North American represent ives of the tribe IToviini, which is a
tribe containing fifty-five -species throughout its world range.
Ray, Eugene, Studies on North American Mordellidae, V, Coleootera. Pan-Pac.
Ent., 23: 121-131 t 1947. " ~ -
"This is the fifth of a series of papers dealing with Horth American
members of the family [Mordellidae]. Two species are described from Arizona,
two from Oregon (one also from Kansas) , and one each from Tennessee, Michi¬
gan and -Florida. Notes have been added for ten previously known forms."
-Ray's introductory paragraph.
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NOTICES
Valentine, Barry D., 207 Williams St., Ithaca, N.Y.
Desire: Anthrihidae of II. A.
Will Exchange : Cicindelidae of H.A., also from the Solomon Isf Tricondyla
and miscellaneous Coleoptera.
Will determine: Anthrihidae.
Bridwell, L. H., Box 44, Forestburg, Tex.
Exchange: Would exchange Scaphinotus flammeus for Carahus or other
other Cychrini.
Bondar, Gregorio, Coqueiros do Furol 5S, Bahia* BRAZIL.
Determine: Barinae (Curculionidae) of South America.
Exchange: South American Belinae, Pr ionomerinae, Ceratopinae, Barinae.
Bottimer, L. J., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas.
Exchange: Will collect in certain families for Bruchidae of Western
U. S. and foreign countries.
Desire: Bruchidae of the world, especially species from Mexico and
Southward .
DeLisle, M. , Ingenieur en Chef des Travaux Publics, Saint-Louis, s/n^gal
(A.O.F.) AFRICA.
Desire: Lucanidae, Cetonidae, Cerambycidae of the world.
Exchange : African beetles, equatorial and tropical zones.
Reinach, 0., President Association Agricole Mutuelle de Cote D'Ivoire,
Tiassale (Cote d'lVoire) FRENCH WEST AFRICA.
Desire : North American Cerambycidae.
Exchange: West African Coleoptera.
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BEETLE WINGS
by Wm. T.M. Forbes
Cornell University
In most groups of insects our ideas of grouping and our classifications
lean heavily on characters of the venation. But in the Coleoptera the wings
have been relatively neglected, for several reasons. Firstly the wings
don’t show on a beetle:*as customarily mounted; then there are plenty of
characters that do show on the outside of these neatly chit ini zed creatures,
so the need to go. deeper was not felt strongly. Thirdly they got the re¬
putation of being unduly variable,- which is not true. Then a large pro¬
portion of beetles are minute, and like other minute insects tend to lose
the wing-veins. The pattern of folding, \vhich does remain in these minute
forms, is difficult to work out, and needs a special technique if it is to
be done completely, and so has been almost completely left alone, while
the one or two published schemes were totally incorrect; thus part of
Woodworth’ s diagrams showed a main fold along the anal furrow, where there
is almost never a fold, and the fold is absent in the genera he claims to
figure .
Characters of the wing venation are on the whole more useful within
families than for major classification, so I will pass over them with a
mention. Some idea of the variety of venational types can be gained from
the figures in my paper ir '-'Anh. Ent. Soc. Am. 15, 328-352, 1922, and
especially in Kempers, Ent. Mitt. 12, 71~H5» 1923* But a few orienting
points are needed to understand the folding. The two main veins of the
wing are Radius and Cubitus, and the area between them may be called the
’’cell”, as in the Lepidoptera. It is bounded at its outer end by a vari¬
able system of veins and folds, of which the most important are the two
that hook back into the cell, - the radial and medial recurrents (Rr and
Mr) . At the lower outer angle of the cell there is a small cell cut off
in the Adephaga and Cupes, the oblong cell. Further out the costa in pri¬
mitive forms shows the usual thickening, the stigma, and below this are
two or more flat, weak and diffuse veins which the Germans call Strahladern.
The patterns on which the wings are folded are of much more importance
in classification, and I have described the ways to get at them in Jour.
H.Y. Ent. Soc., 3^» ^2 ff., 1926. But to determine the basic type of fold¬
ing it is not necessary to work out the folding completely, but mainly to
follow along the costal edge and note how it behaves. As one runs out
from the base, he will usually find the costa continues undisturbed to
well beyond the middle of the wing, when it turns sharply back. This is
the pivot or hinge, and is produced by a fold up and a fold down meeting
at an angle just below the costal edge. If the concave fold comes first,
the outer part of the wing will overlie the basal, and we call the hinge
normal. This type lies just beyond the cell, as described above, and be¬
fore the stigma, when present, and marks the great majority of beetles; even
when at first it appears absent (as in Staphylinidae) more careful study
shows it is there, though subordinated to the many other folds. In one
series, however, of which Anthrenus and the Lyctidae are fine examples, the
apparent hinge is another fold, it works the other way, with the outer part
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underlying the mors basal, and is located before the end. of the C6ll ♦ On
farther examination we find that at the place where the pivot should exist,
just "beyond the cell, there is a single concave fold, followed "by a single
convex one, so that the costa as we follow it folds up and over, and then
"back again.
Just "below the hinge, in the Adephaga, we can almost always see the
oblong cell, but twisted around, and partly tucked under cubitus in a dist¬
inctive way* in the few cases where that cell is lost, there is still an
area of the wing which is twisted around and tucked under cubitus in the
sane way though it only bears a single vein down the middle (e.g. Cicindela
and Physodes) . The Archostemata (Cupes and Micronalthus) alone share this
feature;" but can be instantly recognized by the outer part of the wing,
which is rolled in a double spiral instead of the usual folding; while the
Ealiplidae and the old world genus Hygrobia (Pelobius) are folded as if
such a spiral had been ironed flat.
As we follow the costal edge out beyond the hinge, we find in the
Adephaga that the next fold is always up and over, while in the vast majority
of Polyphaga it is down and under. As a rule this fold lies about half
way between hinge and apex, but it has a tendency to migrate back towards
the hinge* especially in much-folded types where there are further folds
beyond it; and in a good many families, mostly nov; called clavicorns, it
has gone so far back as to cut off the hinge from the costa entirely; in
this case as we follow the costal edge out, instead of turning back sharply
at the end of the cell, it immediately turns down and under. There is
another series of families, roughly corresponding to the group sometimes
called Kaplogastra, but including the Lamellicorns, in which the outer folds
of the inner edge of the wing, have moved forward instead, so that the outer
part of Cubitus is folded squarely across. This group are not so easy to
pick out, without a fuller study of the folding.
In a few cases single families are instantly recognized by the folding
alone; thus in the Kydrophilidae that outer costal fold runs at a 4^ slant,
so that the costal edge turns back at a right angle, instead of directly
back in itself,- only the Georyssi&ae share this character. In the Hitidul-
idae and the single Ptiliid which has preserved a complete folding, the
costal convex fold is followed always by two concaves in succession. The
Clambidae have a system all their own, which does not fit any of the groups
I have defined above. In some other cases the venation alone will define a
group; thus the Lamellicornia are marked by a distinctive loop in the anal
area, a thick hock-like radial recurrent and many minute Strahlader.n in
the outer part of the wing.
In some other cases the folding patterns challenge our classification.
Thus the Dermestidae have three totally different kinds; Dermestes agree¬
ing both in venation and folding with Dascillus, while all the genera with
an ocellus preserved have a group-resemblance to the Bostrychidae and Lyct~
idae, while one or two genera are more like the Byrrhidae; on the other
hand I'osodendron has no likeness to its supposed relatives in the Byrrhidae,
but would not be out of place near Anthrenus. The Dascillidae of the con¬
ventional system are a complete hodge-podge, having at least seven types
of folding, most of which are also found elsewhere in our system; thus
Dascillus itself is almost like Dermestes, Rhipicera and Sandalus, while
Eucinetus, Cyphon and Artenatopus are three very distinct types within the
general pattern of the Bostrychidae and Anthrenus. Bidessus is more un¬
like the other Dytiscidae than even the Gyrinidae are, but on the other
hand is much like the Haliplidae, Sphaerius is superficially an unchalleng¬
ed clavicorn, hut its wing shows perfectly the oblong cell and twisted cen¬
tral area of the Adephaga, and Hydro scapha, always placed near the Staphy—
linidae, looks almost exactly like it.
Again the pattern of Catopochrota shows instantly the very distinctive
type of the normal Cryptophagidae, and Gnostus, which has hatted about our
systems, evidently goes along with the Lyctidae and Ptinidae, hut in other
cases the evidence is weakened hy close resemblance in a whole series of
families; thus there is no wing-difference at all corresponding to the
separation of Mordelloidea and Tenebrionoidea, as e.g. used in Leng’s cat¬
alogue; hut this is weakened hy the fact that the Elateridae, Lampyridae
and Erotylidae are also fundamentally of the same type.
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TSE CLASSIFICATION OF COLEOPTERA*
By J • Chester 3radley
Cornell University
Leng in his Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America north of
Mexico, 1520, and in its second supplement, 1933* summarized the attempts
that had Been made up until then to Bring the classification of "beetles
into line with probable phy'icgeny* The important results of Saving and
Craighead on larvae remained wholly uncorrelated with the evidence obtain¬
able from adult structures, until an important paper by Peyerimhoff appear¬
ed in 1933- (Les larves des Coleoptores d!apres A. Saving et F. C. Craig¬
head et les grandes criteriums de l;ordre). Lameere in 193S (Precis de
Zoologie) published his final revised views on the classification of the
order, emphasizing the work of Max Poll, one of his own students, and
others on cryptonephridisra, but on the whole an improvement . To all that
has been dene before Drs. Jeannel and Paulian (Korphologie abdominale des
Coldopt&res et syst&natique de l’ordre, Ijbb) have now added their work on
the reduction of the sternites, and on the types of male genitalia.
A study of the last mentioned paper suggests that there may
have been certain phylogenetic relationships that are not clearly brought
out in it. To illustrate these graphically I have prepared the accompany¬
ing phylogenetic tree.
Coleoptera have descended from liegaloptera. The correspondences
between their larvae, as Lameere remarks, are too numerous and too close
to permit of any other interpretation. The base of the tree (1) represents,
therefore, the common prototype of the two. The larva of this protype
was aquatic, thysanuriform, active, and predaceous. Instead of prolegs
the leg-rudiments of the abdominal segments 1 to 9 have been re-utilized
to form gills, the tenth segment terminated in two pairs of hooks. The
tibia and tarsus were separate, the latter terminating in a pair of claws.
The adult had many segmented, filiform antennae, five segmented tarsi, six
free malpighian tubes, tubular testes, polytrophic ovarioles, and genitalia
of the three-lobed tpye.
This prototype differed from that of all other Eolometabola
in that the pupal covering was secreted by the malpighian tubes, instead
of being spun from labial silk, and likewise by the absence of prolegs.
The changes that it underwent in becoming a beetle were few: the larvae
acquired pseudocerci (urogomphi) ; the adults, in developing elytra acquired
a more perfect protection for their functional but nov/ folded wings than
had been previously known and in so doing were fitted for the initiation
of the conquest of the infinite diversity of confined environments that
has made the order successful and prodigious above all other living
creatures. In addition the number of antennal segments was set at eleven,
the first sternite, cerci, and male gonopeds lost, the male developed
accessory glands on the ejaculatory duct that produce a spermatophore, and
the ninth abdominal segment became invaginated.
From this ancestral coleopteron there have arisen two lines
of descent, the Adephaga, and the Pqlyphaga. The Adephaga constitute a
* This paper was read before the Richmond meeting of the Entomological
Society of America, December, 19*4-6.
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group, say Jeannel and Paulian, so separate “by all its characters, morpho¬
logical r anatomical, and larval that one is tempted to make it an order
apart. And yet they ame the original Coleoptera. There is nothing of any
importance by way of change from the prototype that we can say about either
larra or adult. In fact the larva of C-yrinoidea differ in no essential
respect frvm those of Megaloptera- except that an extra pair of gills on
segment 9 ere probable precursors of pseudocerci, and one is tempted to
wonder vhether they are not migrants, The numerous adaptations of the
adult tm a.: id or. the surface of the water are strictly neogenetic, less
ad V' need in Oligoeene fossils, and of no significance in placing the
origin of the group. J have no doubt that the aquatic larvae of Adephaga
have had. a continuously aquatic history that traces back to Protoperlaria
and even to the earliest ptilote insects. But within the Adephaga there
have been two lines of specialization, the one has been a tendency on the
part of the adults go follow the lead of their larvae and become in their
turn aquatic, the other has been for the larvae to become terrestrial, and
in iuch case the adults never became aquatic. This is the case v/ith Carab-
idae; Bhysodidaeg and Cupedidae.
There is no occasion to constitute a third suborder for
Cupedidae. Their fundamental characters are those of the Adephaga, and
hence of the archetypal coleopteron. Persons have been misled in interpret¬
ing the adaptive characters that have fitted them for a xylophilous life,
and that have been paralleled polygenet ically many times in the Polyphaga*
as indicating a relationship with the latter. There is none, merely
similarity, Koweve r we know nothing of their internal anatomy, and when-
this lacuna is supplied it may appear that their proper origin is between
2’ and 3r on the tree.
The more important changes at 31 that have produced the
Polyphaga are; the tibia and tarsus of the larva have fused and the claw
become s ingle ♦ in the adult the propleural plates have become concealed
by the pronotal flanks, the testes are of the type that Lameere terms
lb, that is the follicles are sessile, verticillate, and arranged around
the vas deferens, and the ovarioles have become teletrophic.
The full complement of seven sternites was present in the
archetype of Polyphaga from which the Cantharoidea depart in no important
respect except that the larvae have for the most part become terrestrial,
and have lost the segmentation of their pseudocerci. But some are aquatic
and possess tracheal gills. It would seem that Lameere as well as Jeannel
and Paulian were wise in beginning the Phytophaga with these beetles.
At 6’ there has been a change in the testes to what Lameere
terms type la, v/ith the follicles sessile,1 but fasciculate, arranged at
the end of the vas deferens. It is possible that this is the primitive
type, and that the Cantharoidea have developed type lb as a specialization.
At 7, the stem of Staphylinoidea -*■ Scarabaeoidea, in the
adult sternite 2 has become invaginated, absent medially but distant and
visible at the sides. The antennae have become clavate. The larva of the
primitives are still aquatic, doubtless continuously so, and the lateral
processes on the abdominal segments of Spercheus suggest the retention of
modified gills.
The Scarabaeoidea are a very clear-cut group in which the
antennal club of the adult in becoming asymmetric has become lamelliform;
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the testes are of a special type not occurring elsewhere (hut approached
in Phytophaga) the accessory glands of the ejaculatory duct have been lost,
and the male genitalia have undergone characteristic modifications not
paralleled elsewhere.
Returning to the main (cantharid-like) stem, two important
changes have occurred that set apart all of the lines that follow: The
distal ends of the nalpighian tubes have become concealed under the membrane
that surrounds the proetodaeum, a condition known as cryptonephredism.
In the larvae the pseudo cere i have become single- -segmented immobile horns
or hooks, but in more specialized offshoots may disappear entirely.
Branch 9? Tenebrionoidea, is characterized by a particular
type of male genitalia, invaginated9 the phallobase forming a dorsal sheatth,
and after the differentiation of the Meloidae, the second sternite has
become completely xost. This last has also occurred at 9’» evidently
independently,, since it is not accompanied by the type of genitalia
characteristic of all of the male Tenebrionoidea, including Meloidae.
9* , at which point sternite 2 has disappeared, represents a
platform for the ultimate evolution of the order, more and more difficult
to decipher. 'The branches Dascylloidea, Cleroidea, and Cucujoidea, I accept
more on the conviction of Drs. Jeannel and Pauli an than my own. In the
former two the male genitalia have each developed a characteristic type,
but in the primitives of the Cucujoidea • they have retained the primitive
three-lobed coleopterous type. The best we can say here is that evolution
has become ’'explosive" with many different lines resulting, which are
difficult to assemble in main trunks, the latter being at best opinionative .
The final branch, ll1 ' ' , on the contrary is a very distinct
one, culminating in high specialization. All of them phytophagous, reaching
in this respect their highest culmination in the ambrosia beetles, the
adults have in common the well-known cryptopentamerous tarsi, bristly
beneath, and testes of type two as in the Scarabaeoidea, but differing in
each consisting of only 1 or 2 pedunculated testiculi. As in that group,
which are likewise principally vegetarian, the ejaculatory duct is without
accessory glands, and no spermatophore is formed. The male genitalia are
of a uniform type that we may call saddled - Jeannel and Paulian say
"tegmen en cavalier." The larvae are stout, eruciform, with short legs
(or none) and have lost their pseudocerci. Jeannel and Paulian note that
this group is perfectly homogeneous, that all characters of the adult point
to a narrow parentage among the several families, and that they must be
retained as a unit .
Prom the foregoing it becomes apparent that the division of
Polyphaga into two further suborders was not a happy suggestion on the part
of Jeannel and Paulian. partly because the Cantharoidea stand at the base
of each. The wiser course seems to be to restrict the rank of suborder to
basic divisions like Adephaga and Polyphaga that differ in many fundamental
characters. One could make a division, lesser in rank than suborder , between
6* and J ’ , cutting off the Tenebrionoidea - Dascylloidea - Cleroidea -
Cucujoidea - Cerambycoidea as Cryptonephridia, but in that ease the
Cantharoidea would seem better placed with the Staphylinoidea and Scarabae—
oidea in a contrasting more primitive group to which Lameere has applied the
term "Haplonephridia. " This is fundamentally the classification of Lameere,
except that he has included some families of Dascylloidea in his Haplone¬
phridia, on the grounds of their having free malpighian tubes. According
to Jeanne 1 and Paulian this is not the case, even in Elateridae, which
are on this account not separated widely from the Buprestidae, as Lameere
had thought necessary.
It will he noted that Jeannel, as a result of his extensive work
with ground beetles has greatly augmented the number of families of
Oaraboidea, and suggests that detailed study will necessitate t.ie same
procedure in other superfamilies. That is one methoc. of taxonomic
procedure. To the author it seems ill-advised for it results in a
complex classification, too ponderous to be readily comprehended, and with
no compensatory advantage. In fact one seems by this process to lose sight
of the very aim of classification. It seems better to call the 39 families
of Jeannel’ s Caraboidea all subfamilies of Carabidae.
List of Literature Cited
Saving, Adam G. and Craighead, F. C . , An illustrated synopsis of the
principal larval forms of the order Coleoptera. Entomologica
Americana, 1931* (n.s.) 11: 1-381* incl. pi.)
Jeannel, Rene and Paulian, R. , Korphologie abdominale des colfeoptfcres et
syst&matique de l'ordse. Revue fran^aise d’ entomologie, 19^* Hi
65-110.
Lameere, August . Col&opt&res . p. 273—395* (In- h.is: Prfecis de Zoologie,
Tome. V. Paris, Gaston Doin & Cie., 1938.)
Peyerimhoff, P. de, Les larves des Colfcopt&res d’apr&s A. B^ving^ et F. C . ^
Craighead et les grands crit&riuns de l’or&re, Annales de la Soci^tfe
Entomologique de France. 1933* 102: 77-106.
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CLASSIFI CATI01T OF COLEOPTERA
3y Jeannel and Paulian, 1946
I . SUBORDER KETEROGASTRA
1. Division MALACODERMO I DSA
a. Section Lyra exyl aria. Lymexylidae, Micromalthidae.
b • Section .L»aupyr idar ia . Drilidae, Lycidae, Karomiidae, Lampyridae,
Cantharididae •
2. Division EETEROMERO IDEA
a. Section Lyttaria* Meloidae, Trictenotomidae.
b. Section Ter.obrionaria. Tenebrionidae . Alleculidae, Lagriidae,
Me lan dry idae. Cthniidae, Pedilidae, Aegialitidae, Pythidae, Pyro-
chroiuae. Discclomidae, i'ilionidae, Rhy sop auss idae, Anthicidae.
c. Section Mordeli ar la . Mordeli idae, Anaspidae, Rhipiphoridae .
d. Section Qedemeraria. Oedemeridae, Scraptiidae.
3» Division CLEROIDEA
a. Section Cleraria. Cleridae.
b. Section Melyridaria. Melyridae.
4. Division DASCILLOIDEA
a. Section Dascillaria. Dascillidae, Helodidae, Psephenidae, Eucinetidae,
Ptilodactylidae? , Eurypogonidae?
b. Section Sternoxia > Rhipicer idae, Cebrionidae. Cerophytidae,
Phylloceridae, Dlateridae, Throscidae, Sucnemididae, Buprestidae.
c. Section Anob riria. Anobiidae, Ptinidae, Ectrephidae.
9. Division CUCUJOIDEA
a. Section Dermestaria. Dermestidae, Lyctidae.
b. Section Byrrharia. Dryopidae, Georyssidae, Byrrhidae, llosodendridae.
c. Section Thor i ctar ia. Thorictidae.
d. Section Mycetophagaria. Mycetophagidae, Derodontidae, Konoedidae.
e. Section Colydiaria. Byturidae, Boridae, Monommaridae, Colydiidae,
Cisidae. Ostomatidae, Psoidae, Cyathoceridae .
f. Section Bostrycharia. Bostrychidae .
g. Section Cucujaria. ITi tidal idae, Phalacridae, Monotomidae . Corylo-
phidae. Rhizophagidae, Cucujidae, Erotylidae, Crypt op hag idae,
Sphindidae, Lathridiidae . Keteroceridae .
h. Section Aglycyderaria. Aglycyderidae, Prot errhinidae.
i. Section Coccinellaria. Coccinellidae, Enfomychidae .
6. Division PKYTOPHAGOIDEA. Cerambycidae, Chrysornelidae , Bruchidae, Anthrl
bidae. Brenthidae, Carculionidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae.
II. SUBORDER EAPLOGASTRA
1. Division STAPHYL IDO IDEA.
a. Section Catopiaria. Catopidae, Liodidae, Leptinidae, Camiaridae,
Clambidae," Golonidae . Ptiliidae, Hydro scaphidae, Sphaeriidae,
Hydraenidae .
b . Section Brachelytra. Silphi&ae, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiidae, Psela-
phidae, Scymaenidae .
c. Section Kisteraria. Histeridae, Synteliidae, Sphaeritidae .
d. Section Palpicornia. Eydrophilidae, Spercheidae, Helophoridae,
Sphaeridiidae.
2. Division S C ARAB AEO IDEA. Lucanidae, Passalidae, Trogidae, Acanthoceridae.
Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae .
Ill SUBORDER ARCHOSTEMATA
Cupedidae .
IV. SUBORDER ADEPEAGA
1. Division CARABO IDEA .
a. Section Isochaeta. Trachypachidae, Gehringiidae, Metriidae, Ozaen-
idae, Paussidae.
b. Section Simplicia. Car ab idae, Nebriidae, Elaphridae, Migadopidae,
Omoph.ro n idae , Loroceridae, Cicindelidae, Siagonidae, Cymbionot—
idae .
c. Section Scrobifera. Hiletidae, Scaritidae.
d. Section Stylifera. Apotomidae, Broscidae, Psydridae, Trechidae,
Patrobidae .
e. Section Conchifera. Perigonidae, Cnemacanthidae, Peleciidae,
Mel anod idae, Harpalidae, Pt erostichidae . Callistidae, Glyptidae,
Panagaeidae, Licinidae. Odacanthidae, Masoreidae, Lebiidae,
Anthiidae, Zuphiidae, Dryptidae.
f . Section Balt if era. Brachinidae, Pseadomorphidae .
2. Division EALIPLO IDEA. Hal ipl idae.
3. Division HYGROBIOIDEA. Hygrobiidae, Amphizoidae.
4. Division. REYSODOIDEA. Rhysodidae.
5. Division DYTISCOIDSA. Dytiscidae, No ter idae.
6. Division GYRI1T0IDSA. Gyrinidae.
A SUGGESTED REARRANGEMENT
OF THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF
JEANNEL AND PAULIAN’S CLASSIFICATION
I. SUBORDER ADEPHAGA
Superfamily Gyrinoidea
Super family Caraboidea ( Including Kalipoidea, Hygrobioidea, Rhysodoidea,
and Dytiscoidea)
Superfamily Cupedoidea (Archostemmata)
II. SUBORDER POLYPHAGA
1. Superfamily Cantharoidea (Malacodermoidea)
2. Superfamily Staphylinoidea
3. Superfamily Scar adaeo idea
4. «
5-
6.
7-
5.
Superfamily
Superfamily
Superfamily
Superfamily
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea (Heteromeroidea)
Dascilloidea
Cleroiaea
Oucujoidea
Cerambycoidea (Phytophagoidea)
CHARACTERS OF THE PROTOTYPE, AND SUCCESSIVE CHANGES SUPPOSED TO
HAVE OCCURRED AT EACH CORRESPONDING POINT IN THE PHYLOGENETIC TREE
1. Prototype for Holometabola (Neuropteroid division)
Adult. Antennae filiform, many- segmented; occipital suture present;
pleura not covered by pronotum; wings with primitive venation;
tarsi 5~segmented; abdomen with 10 segments; 1st sternite de¬
veloped; cerci present; j with gonopods, genitalia of 3-lobed
type (parameres T aedeagus) ; accessory glands on the ejaculatory
duct p>roduce a spermatophore; £ without ovipositor.
Six free malpighian tubes; testes tubular; ovarioles polytrophic
(ova accompanied by groups of nurse-cells) .
Larva . Thysanuriform, active, predaceous, aquatic; tibiae and tarsus
distinct; 2 movable tarsal claws; without prolegs, but with 9
pairs of lateral gills arising from embryonic buds of leg-
appendages; 10th sternite tubular, ending in 2 pairs of hooks.
Pupa. Free; covering secreted by malpighian tubes of larva (no labial
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2. Male genitalia membranous.
2l Prototype for Coleoptera.
Adult. Antennal segments 11; front wings become elytra; venation of
hind wings distorted; of cupedid type, oblongum formed, and
cross-veins form cells in cubito-anal region; first sternite
lost; sternite 9 invaginated; cerci lost; j gonopods lost.
Larva, pseudocerci developed on segment 9*
3. Prototype for Adephaga.
Adult .
4. Adult.
5. Adult .
5* Adult.
Larva.
4» Adult.
Larva.
y Prototype for Polyphaga.
Adult. Occipital suture lost; propleural plates concealed by flanks
of pronotum; oblongum replaced by "apertum" and cross-veins
reduced; remnant of sternite 10 lost, testes follicular, of
type 1 b (i.e., the follicles sessile, vert icillate, arranged
around the vas deferens); ovarioles teletrophic (nurse-cells
remain in apical chamber) .
Larva. Tibia and tarsus fused; claws single; lateral gills reduced
(or lost?)
Alula of elytra lost.
Malpighian tubes reduced to 4.
Sternite 2 partly connate with 3 » and- 3 with 4.
Sternite 10 lost.
Numerous neogenetic adaptions to predaceous life on surface
of water. Gyrinoidea,
Sternite 8 invaginated, so that only 6 sternites are visible.
Lateral pairs of gills lost; terminal hooks of segment 10 lost.
Car abo idea.
Sternite 2 invaginated and not visible; sternite o invaginated;
sternite 10 a pointed strap; internal anatomy not known;
aedeagus with supplementary lobes.
Terrestrial and with neogenetic adaptations to Aylopnilous
life, paralleling certain Polyphaga; claws single, bifurcate;
pseudo-cerci lost. Cup e do idea.
6 .
Adult. Alula of elytra lost.
Larva. Terrestrial.
Cant haro idea.
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6 1 Ad.u.1 1 .
Testes of type 1 a (i_.£. the follicles sessile, hut fasciculate,
arranged at the end of the vas deferens) .
7* Adult.
Antennae become clavate; sternite 2 invaginated, absent medially
but, distinct and visible at the sides. Staphylinoidea
8» Adult.
Segments of club become asymmetric, producing lamellate type;
front legs fossorial; testes of type 2, (j..£. each with several
stalked testiculi, in which 2 to 12 follicles are arranged radi¬
ally in a common covering); accessory glands of ejaculatory
duct lost; aedeagus largely membranous, the phallobase very en¬
larged, drum-like.
larva.
Melolonthiform; scatophilous, xylophilus, or feeds on plant
tissues, living in confined environment and moving on their
side; pseudocerci lost (but not in pupa) . Scarabaeoidea.
7* Adult.
Distal ends of malpighian tubes concealed under membrane that
surrounds the proctodaeum (cryptonephridism) .
Larva.
Pseudocerci reduced to a pair of single- segmented, immobile
horns or hooks.
9. Adult.
cf genitalia of the invaginated type, the phallobase (tegmen)
forming a dorsal sheath. Tenebr ionoidea
10. Larva.
Undergo hypermetamorphosis. (Meloidae) .
10* Adult.
Tarsi heteromerous; sternite 2 has invaginated and disappeared.
Larva.
Elongate, very short legs. (Other Tenebrionoidea)
9! Adult.
Sternite 2 has evaginated and disappeared.
11. Adult.
Aedeagus articulated by several condyles. Dascilloidea.
11 ». Adult.
Flagellar segments asymmetric (serrate), becoming clavate;
genitalia of invaginated type, the phallobase (tegmen) forming
a ventral sheath. Cleroidea.
11” Adult.
Antennae clavate. Cucujoidea.
11* 1 * Adult.
Median cell of wing open; tarsi c ryp t open tamer ous , segm. 1—3
bristly beneath; 4 genitalia of saddled type; sternite 9
reduced to a "spiculum gastrale,f; testes of type 2 (follicles
in one or 2 pedunculate testiculi) ; accessory glands of
ejaculatory duct lost, and no spermatophore formed.
Larva.
Vegetarian, stout with short legs; pseudocerci lost.
Cerambycoidea.
1EEGAL0PTERA
PHYLOG-'EITET I C TREE OP CCLEOPTERA
POLYPKAGA
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•G e r amby c o i dea
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NOTICES
Valentine, Barry D., 207 Williams St., Ithaca, R.Y.
Desire: Anthribidae of N.A.
Will Exchange: Cicindelidae of H.A., also from the Solomon Is.,
Tricondyla and miscellaneous Coleoptera.
Will determine : Anthribidae.
Arnett, H. H., Jr., Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca,
N.Y.
Desire : Exotic OEdemeridae.
Will determine: OEdemeridae, Silphidae.
Will exchange: Miscellaneous Coleoptera from II. A. , Venez., India,
Solomon Is., Panama, and Phil. Is.
Genest, Lucien. Charles, 12 Rue Bernard, Bourg (Ain) FRANCE
Exchange; French Coleoptera (terrestrial or cave species).
Desire: N. A. Coleoptera.
Fitch, Richard John, Rivercourse P.O., via Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, CAR.
For Sale; Arctic species of beetles including purple and green blister
beetles from Saskatchewan, Canada, at reasonable prices.
Bottimer, L. J., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas.
Exchange: Will collect in certain families for Bruchidae of Western
U. S. and foreign countries.
Desirej Bruchidae of the world, especially species from Mexico and
Southward.
Gregorio Bondar, Coqueiros do Furol 58, Bahia, BRAZIL
Determine; Barinae (Curculionidae) of South America.
Exchange: South American Belinae, Prionomer inae, Ceratopinae, Barinae.
INSECT PIUS!
Insect pins are now available from Europe. I have seen and used these
pins which are now obtainable from Czechoslovakia. They are of superior
quality, the finest I have seen since before the war. The address of the
company is as follows: YRAR, PiruhA l4, Praha 1, Czechoslovakia.
They cost $ 2.60 a thousand, plus snipping cost, plus duty, which brings
the price up to about $ 4.00 a thousand. It takes about 2 or 3 months for
delivery. I suggest that several persons get together and send a combined
order which will cut down on shipping costs.
R.H.A.
The Use of Cellophane in Papering Duplicates
By 0. L. Cartwright
Clenson, South Carolina
The use of cellophane in papering duplicate specimens of Coleoptera
hy the following method permits observation of the specimens for cindition
or determination at any time and avoids the necessity of opening the paper
with consequent possibility of damage to dry specimens.
First cut apiece of stiff cardborad to convenient size, about one by
two and one-half inches is suitable for most species; place over this a lay¬
er of cellucotton of equal size; arrange the relaxed specimens on the
cellucotton, leaving one-half inch or more free of specimens at each end;
then on top, center a piece of cellophane an inch or more longer and three
or more times as wide as the cardboard underneath, hold firmly in place ana
turn the whole upside down; place india ink or penciled label inside; bring
the edges of the cellophane together and by a fold-over fold, as used by
druggists, fold down tightly; fold over the projecting cellophane ends and
staole thru each end of the cardboard with a wire stapling machine. If
preferable, label data may be written directly on the lower side of the
cardboard where it can be easily read thru the folded cellophane. A good
grade of non-moisture-proof cellophane should be used.
Bohart, Richard M. , Strepsiptera - An Insect Oddity,
21:28-29, 19^7.
Ward's hat.
Sc. Bull.,
The Strepsiptera are peculiar insects which ar& sometimes included
with the beetles [the excuse for including this in the bulletin], but more
often placed in a separate order. Most of the recent authors have followed
the latter course. It is the one exception to the rule that beetles form
a compact, distinct group, without loose ends. These insects are all
parasitic, and are greatly modified for this parasitic life, hence the
difficulity in placing them taxonomically .
Mr. Bohart, in this article for the T:ard bulletin has given a fine
account of their structure, habits and range. The following quotes serve
to illustrate this: "... the adult female of Xenos lives her entire life
as a motionless parasite of a Folist es wasp. She nas no legs, no wings,
no eyes, no palpi, no genitalia, no intestinal tube, no spiracles, no
muscular system, and no circulatory system. She is neither an endoparasite
nor an ectoparasite in the strict sense because her head and thorax, fused
into a solid plate, protrude from the host, and her abdomen is internal.
... the logical question is 'What does the female Xenos have?’ " The arti¬
cle then goes on to explain what she does have and how she uses it . "Strep—
siotera are found on every continent and on most islands, lheir ancient
history is attested by a beautifully preserved fossil male in Baltic amber.
Their recorded hosts are several hundred species scattered through the
Hymer.optera, Homoptera, Kemiptera, Orthoptera and Thysanura. ...they are
always a rarity in collections. ... In tropical areas light trap collecting
is profitable. . ."
R.H .A.
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Blackwelder , Richard E., The Staphylinid beetles of the Cayman Islands,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mis., 97: 117-123, I9I+7I
This paper reports some data which was omitted from the authors mono¬
graph of the West Indian Staphylinids . Twenty species of five subfamilies
are discussed. The author mentions that the Staphylinids of these islands
are very imperfectly known at present. He estimates that there should be
at least fifty species present on the islands.
Knull, J. N. , A new species of Kipp ome las with notes on two other Buprestidae
(Coleoptera) , Ent. News, 5S : 210-212, 1947 .
Hippomelas brunneata is described from a single female from California.
Acmaeodera lataflava Pali has been reared, and Chrysobothris multisitgmosa
(Mann.) has been identified from Arizona material. The male genitalia
has been figured.
LaRivers, Ira, Some synonymy in Coniontellus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) ,
Ent. News, 58: 213-214, I9U7 .
Mr. LaRivers, after a first hand study of several of Casey’s species
of this genus has decided that only Coniontellus inflatus Casey is valid
and that £. hystrix Casey, £. longipennis Casey, and £. ampliatus Casey
are synonyms of inflatus .
Blackwelder, Richard E., Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico,
Central America, the West Indies, and South America, Part Bull.
1S5* U. S. Nat. Mus . , "19 1+7 •
We have anxiously awaited the completion of this checklist, as we are
the final part which will be the bibliography. This badly needed list
should do much to speed our study of neotropical beetles. Let us hope that
workers will make good use of this list, more than simply having it bound
so that it will make a nice looking addition to the bookshelf. With this
we are now able to get an overall picture which should be an aid to tying
in the North and South American fauna. A glance at the list will show that
a handful of authors, the majority of whom worked or are working in this
century, are responsible for a very high percentage of the descriptions.
I dare say that if the papers which describe these species were refered to,
the majority of them would be nothing but morphological descriptions, often
without so much as a key. In actual fact, then, we have made little pro¬
gress, other than adding names to a list, beyond that of Linneaus or Fabri-
cius. Mr. Blackwelder has made the first move towards progress by doing
this work, a thankless, dry, and tiresome job. As no doubt Mr. Blackwelder
will readily admit t, it is incomplete, and inaccurate at many points. Yet,
for the first time under one cover, we have a list which can form the
starting point for further studies, and we hope, generic revisions at least,
if not family monographs. As we use this list and find these inaccuracies,
inconsistencies and omissions, we should, instead of throwing it aside and
critising the author and authorities responsible for its printing, remember
that we could do no better, if as well, and feel grateful that they were
willing to spend their time compiling and printing, when they could have a
easily been working at something of perhaps a greater interest to themselves.
R.H.A.
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Heinze, V., Lionychus quadrillion Euft . (Col. Carabidae) funnen talrikt
vid Crebro, Snt . Tidskrift., 68 : 120-124, 19^7*
Pain, Thure, Systenatiska studier Aver svenska Elater-arter ( Col. Elateridae) ,
Ent . Tidskrif t , 67fT~ 155-170, 1^1 •
Palm, Thure, Anteckningar on svenska skalbaggar, III , Ent. Tidskrift, 68:
171-178, 1947.
pain, Thure, Phalacr us-art er ( Col ♦ Phalacridae) , Ent. Tidskrift, 68: 179“
183, 19^7.
Butovitsch, V., & Karl- -John Eeqvist, Till kannedom on svenska shalb aggers
utbredning, Ent. Tidskrift, 68 : 184- -182^ 19^7 •
Yliren, Einar, 3idrag till kannedomen om coleopterfaunan i_ norra delen av
det nordsvenska harr skogs omr ad e t - fran insamlingar vid Palken,
Ent. Tidskrift, "68: 189*19^> 19^7 •
AQUATIC CHRYS0I1ELIES
Most of us are familiar with the Eonacia species which are found as
adults around certain aquatic plants such as Typha, Potonageton and others.
rarely think of these insects as actually aquatic in the same sense as
are the Eytiscidae and Gyrinidae for example. The larvae of Eonacia live
in the water throughout their growth; the eggs are laid in the stems of
aquatic plants "by the female, hut the adults are terrestrial.
There is another genus however, closely allied to Eonacia which has
some European species at least aquatic in the true sense. ine genus Haenonia
is found in Forth America from Indiana westward and to the south and is
represented "by one species only. This genus, also called Macropl ea has seven
or eight old world relatives in Eureoe, Siberia and Japan.
Pot only do the larvae of one European species spend their entire
life in the water hut also the adults are adapted for a continuous life in
such a habitat. They have antennae which are modified for air gathering.
The apex of each is fitted with non-wettahle hairs which gather up the air
bubbles given off by aquatic plants during photo synethsis. , This air is
stored in cavities in the antennae and transfered by some, as yet unknown,
method to the spiracles, during cloudy weather, in the winter, or at
night, when photosynethsi s is not taking place, or reduced to such an ex¬
tent as to make it difficult to obtain air bubbles, the adults pierce the
plant tissue and obtain oxygen directly from the air channels in the plant.
These insects differ from their terrestrial relatives in that they do
not feed on the plant tissues directly, but instead pierce the tissue and
feed on the sap. Thus we see another example of the flexibility of beetles
in relation to their habitat. It is this flexibility which has allowed
them to become the dominate animals.
R.H.A.
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Bulletin
Vol. I, No. 10
December, 1947
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JAN a 1948
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
EDITOR: Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
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THE COLEOPTERISTS’ BULLETIN
Vol. I, no. 10
December 1947
LIST OF DETERMINERS AND REVISORS
The following list gives the names and address of either a deter¬
miner, or a current revisor, or both for the family indicated. In all
cases, it is necessary to make previous arrangements with the person you
would like to determine your material before you send any specimens. The
Bulletin offers these names without taking any responsibility for possible
maltreatment of the material sent; however, to the best of the editor’s
knowledge, all listed are responsible scientists.
Anthicidae
Hagen, Kenneth S., 112 Agriculture Hall, Univ. of California,
Berkeley 4, Calif.
Amphizoidae
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Janson, 29 Herstal (Liege) BELGIUM.
Bruchidae of Brazil
Bondar, Gregorio, Secretaria da Agricultura, Bahia, BRAZIL.
Bruchidae
White, Burdette E. , 703 23rd St., Merced, Calif.
Buprestidae
Barr, William F. , Dept, of Ent . , University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
Heifer, J. R., Mendocino, Calif*
buprestidae of the world
Harlick, Robert, 831 - 3& Ave., San Francisco, 21, Calif.
Cantharidae
Fender, Kenneth M., Route 3» McMinnville, Oregon.
Carabidae (Agonoderus s . str . )
Stehr, Wm. C., Dept, of Zoology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Carabidae of New Guinea and Philippines
Darlington, P. J., Jr., Museum of Comparat ive Zoology, Cambridge 38,
Mass .
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Cerambycidae
Gilmour, E. F., F.R.E.S., "East View", Milnsbridge, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, ENGLAND .
Cerambycidae, Gnomini
Billon, Lawrence S., Heading Public Museum. Heading, Penna.
Cerambycidae ojf Pac if ic I s » &
Gressitt, J.Linsley, Lingnan University, Canton, OH Eli.
Chrysomelidae, Hispinae & Cassidinae of Pacify Is. & Asia.
Gressitt, J. Linsley, Lingnan University, Canton, CHINA.
Chrysomelidae , Cassidinae
_ . ■nf.i4v„r ks4 dt° E,, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Monros, Francisco, Calle Bolivar i.m-oh, au
Chrysomelidae, Crypt ocephalus
White, Burdette E., 703 23rd St., Merced, California.
Chrysomelidae, Diahrot ica
Smith, Ray Fred, 112 Agriculture Hall, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley 4,
California.
Chrysomel idae, Donaciini
Marx, Edward J.F., 115 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, N.J.
Chrysomelidae, Halt ica
Gentner, Louis G., 22 Groveland Ave., Medford, Ore.
Chrysomelidae, Halt icinae
Stirrett, Geo. M., BominionEnt. Lab., Chalham, Ont., CANADA
Chrysomelidae
Jolivet, Pierre, Lie.
FRANCE.
Chrysomelidae, Pachyhrachys
Sc
. , 6 Rue de Balzac, Franconville -S. et -0.,
White, Burdette, E. , 703, 23rd St., Merced. California.
Cicindelidae
Dahl, Richard G., 3133 Arizona St., Oakland 2, California.
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Cicindelidae, east of the Mississippi
Summerville, Bruce, 1136 Delaware, Detroit 2, Michigan.
Cler idae
Barr, William F., Department of Entomology, University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho.
Cleridae 01 the world
Corporaal, J. B.; Zoological Museum, Entomological Division, Zeehurgerdi jh
21, Amsterdam, 0., HETHERLAITDS.
Coccinellidae
Malkin, Borys. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Coccinellidae. Epilachna
Dieke, G. H., llol Argonne Drive, Baltimore, Md.
Curculionidae, Barinae
Bondar, Gregorio, Secretaria da Agricultura, Bahia, BRAZIL
Curculionidae, Dyslohuss Amhocer a, Paracimhocera, Miloderes , Miloderoides ,
Crypto 1 ep idu s , and Rhinomacer .
Ting. Peter C., State Dept, of Agric., State Office Bldg. no. 1,
Sacramento l4, California.
Dyt iscidae
Chandler, Harry P., Entomology Deptartment, University of Calif.,
Berkeley 4, Calif.
Leech, Hugh B., Calif. Acad, of Science, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
California.
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Janson, 29 Herstal (Liege), BELGIUM.
Endomychidae
Strochccker, H. F., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Gyrinidae
Chandler, Harry P., Entomology Dept., University of California,
Berkeley, California.
Leech, Hugh 3., Calif. Acad, of Sc., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
California.
Malkin, Borys, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Hanson, 29 Herstal (Liege) BELGIUM.
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Hal iplidae
Leech, Hugh B., Calif. Acad, of Sc., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
California.
Malkin, Borys, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Hanson, 29 Herstal (Liege) BELGIUM.
Pearce, E. J., (Rev.), Priory of St. Teilo, Church Terrace, Roath,
Cardiff, S. Wales, ENGLAND.
Hister idae
Wenzel, Rupert L., Division of Insects, Chicago Natural History Museum,
Chicago 5, Illinois.
Eydrophilidae
Leech, Hugh B., Calif. Acad, of Sc., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
Califo rnia.
Hygrohiidae
Mouchamps, Raymond, Rue Paul Hanson, 29 Herstal (Liege), BELGIUM.
Lycidae, Plateros
Green, J. W. , R.D. no. 2, Easton, Pa.
Lucanidae
Benesh, Bernard, P. 0. Box 159* Worth Chicago, Ill.
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Mai achi idae, Malachi inae
Marshall, M. Y., Veterans Administration, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Meloidae, Epicauta
Werner, Floyd G., Biological Lab., Harvard Univ., Cambridge 38, Mass.
Mycetaeidae
Strochecker, H. F., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Nitidulidae, Meligethes
Easton, Alan M., Roadside Cottage, Lower Road, Great Booksham,
Surrey, ENGLAND.
Nitidulidae
Gillogly, Lor in Ray, 5462 l4thAve., Sacramento 17, Calif.
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Oedemer idae
Arnett, R. H., Dept, of Ent . , Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.
pedilidae, (Eurygeniidae)
duBois, John J., 205 Wayside Drive, Turlock, California.
Ptiliidae, Nanosellinae
Dyhas, Henry S., Division of Insects, Chicago Natural History Museum,
Chicago 5, Illinois.
Passalidae
Van Doeshurg, P.H., Cantonlaan 1, Baarn, HOLLAND.
Pselaphidae
Pearce, (Rev.) E.J., Priory of St. Teilo, Church Terrace, Roath, Cardiff,
S. Wales, ENGLAND .
Scarahaeidae
Cartwright, 0. L., Entomology Department, Clemson College, S.C»
Ritcher, Paul 0., Kentucky Agr. Experiment St,, Lexington, Ky.
Scarahaeidae, Diplotaxis
Mange, Emerson W., 307 West Walnut St., Hanover, Pa.
Scarahaeidae, Phylophaga
Luginhill, Philip, Box 495* Lafayette, Ind.
Scarahaeidae, Pleurophorus and Ataenius
Cartwright, 0., L., Entomology Department, Clemson College, Clemson,
S.C.
Scarahaeidae, larvae
Ritcher, Paul 0«, Kentucky Agr. Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky.
Scolyt idae
Thatcher, T. 0., 700 So. 31st St,, 2-C, Richmond, Calif.
Scolytidae (N.A. )
Wood, Stephen L., River Heights, Logan, Utah.
Scymaenidae
Pearce, (Rev.), E. J. , Priory of St. Teilo, Church Terrace, Roath,
Cardiff, S. Vales, ENGLAND.
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Silphidae
Arnett, R. H.t Entomology Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, ¥. .Y.
Bliss, Raymond Q. , Department of Entomology, University of Penna. ,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Staphylinidae, Gyrophaena
Seevers, Charles H., Roosevelt College, 231 S. Wells St., Chicago, Ill
Staphylinidae, British
Last, H., 12 Winkworth Rd., Banstead, Surry, ENGLAND*
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INDEX TO VOLUME I
. A Page
Acalymma . 39
Additions to the Current list of Coleopterist s . . . 13
Alexander, C. P.
Important notice . . . . . 53
South American Beetle Collectors*..... . 3 8
Amateur and the Professional..... . [2]
Appeal to the reader.... . [2]
Aquatic Chrysomelids . 88
Arnett, R. H., jr.
Amateur and the Professional. . [2]
Appeal to the reader . [2]
Aquatic Chrysomelids.. . 88
Brief Biographies . 46, 57 1 6 7
Editorial . 20, 49, 59
Editor* s Note . 12
The Generic Name of the Beetle on the Cover of the Bulletin. . 39
Plan and Purpose [Editorial] . * . [l]
Plant identification . 39
Reviews . l6» 87
i
A Technique for staining, dissecting, and mounting the male
genitalia of Beetles . 63
Use of plasticine . 28
B
Beetle wings, . 71
Bohart, R. M., Strepsiptera [A Review], . 86
Book notice . 23
Bougainville (see Habitats)
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page
Bradley, J. C.
Classification of Coleoptera..
Brief Biographies .
British Museum .
Britton, E. B.
The Size of the British Museum
. 75
. 46, 57, 67
. 55
collection of Coleoptera . 5^
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C
Carat) idae (ecological data) . . . . .
Cartwright, 0. L.
Flood collecting for Coleoptera .
Use of Cellophane in Papering Duplicates . ; .
Casey, Thomas . . .
Cellophane . . • . . .
Cicinaelid collecting in Texas .
Classification of Coleoptera . . . .
Colman Lamp .
Coleopter ist s at the British Museum .
Coleopterist s at the "Museum national D’Histoire ITaturelle"
Collecting Bottle. . .
Collecting notes (see Ecological)
Collection and preparation of beetles . .
C tenocera aopr essus Rand . . .
Current list of Coleopter ists and their interests . .
Current list of Coleopterists . . . . .
Current list of Coleopterists (cont.)..., . . .
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. . s6
.. 67
,.. 86
, .. 61
... 75
. .. 28
... 55
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. 28
4. 17
.. 9
.. 3
.. 24
.. 31
Determiners
Diabrotica vittata ..
89
39
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Dietrich, Henry
Ecological and collecting notes . . . . 9
Collection and preparation of beetles . . . 17
Fall collecting . . 53
Larvae . . . . . , . 33
Dillon, L. S.
Reviews . 42
Doesburg, P. H., van
Obituary.., . 52
Downie, N. H.
On the occurence of Vrilletta laurentina Fall (Anobiidae) in N.Y. • IS
E
Ecological and collecting notes . . . . 9
Ecological and collecting notes . 19
Ecological data (see need)
Ecological data . 51
Editorial . 1, 20 , 49, 59
Editor's note . 12
Eighth International Congress of Entomology . 4o
Eighth International Congress of Entomology in Stockholm . 74
F
Fall collecting . 53
Fender, K. M.
Notes on some Oregon Cantharidae . 30
Flood collecting for Coleoptera . 30
Forbes, W. T. M.
Beetle wings . 71
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General collecting .
Gener ic name of the beetle on the cover of the bullet in • • . . 39
Guppy, H.
Some records of Carabidae on Vancouver Island with Ecological data 51
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Habits of Bougainville Coleoptera I . 10
Habitats of Bougainville Coleoptera, Part II . . . 29
Hatch, M. H.
Letter from Spain . . . . . . ^7
Hews. . ^"9
Proposed program for American Coleopterist . . 22
Reporting the size of collections . . 18
Hicks, S. B.
The Coleman Lamp . . . 28
A Collecting Bottle . . . .
An Idea worth passing on for consideration . 39
The Microscope and Plasticine ...... . . 28
Korn, George Henry . 57
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Idea (see H nicks)
Important Hot ice . * . . .
Information wanter (see Jo 1 iv e t )
Insect pins . . 85
Insect pin labels . 70
J
Jeannel and Paul i an' s classification of beetles . . 75
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page
Jolivet, M, P.
Information wanted . . . 3g
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Larvae . 53
LeConte, John L . 46
Leech, E. B.
Ecological and collecting notes . 19
Noted Coleopterist dies . 23
Lepidopterists ’ Hews (The) . 27
Letter from Spain . 17
Linsley, E. G . 4o
List of determiners and revisors . 89
M
Male genitalia . 63
Microscope and plasticine . 28
Muhr, Otto . 4o
Monro, H. K. (The taxonomist and his needs) [excerpts] . 36
’•Museum National D’Historie Haturelle” (see Coleopterists) .
N
Heed for ecological data . 39
Hews . 19, 40
Noted Coleopterist dies . 23
Notes on some Oregon Cantharidae . 30
Notices . 54, 70, 85
Notices to subscribers . 21
0
Obituary . 52
Occurence (on the) of Villetta laurentina Fall (Anobiidae) in H.Y . 18
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PAGE
Oregon Cantharidae (see Hot es)
P
Paulian, R« . .
Papering duplicates .
Plan and Purpose .
Plant identification .
Preparation (see collection)
Proposed program for American Coleopterists,
R
Reporting the size of collections .
Reviews . . . ♦ •
Revisors (see List)
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86
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39
22
. 18
16, 27, 41, 58, 68, 88
Size of collections (see reporting)
Size of the Sritish Museum collection of Coleoptera .
Special offer to Foreign Coleopt er ist . .
Stehr, V. C.
Ecological and Collecting notes . .
Redd for Ecological data .
Strepsiptera [ a reviewj .
Suggested rearrangement of classification of Coleoptera
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56
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39
86
75
Taxonomist and his needs (see Munro )
Technique for dissection, staining, and mounting the male genitalia of
"beetles . . . . . . .
Twighorer . . . .
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Use of cellophane in papering duplicates.
. 86
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PAGE
Use of plasticine . 28
Uyllemboogaart , D. L. (Obituary) . 52
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Valentine, Barry D.
Habitats of Bougainville Coleoptera I . 10
Habitats of Bougainville Coleoptera, Part II . 29
Cicindelid collecting in Texas . 6l
Vancouver Island . 51
Volume I . 74
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THE COLEOPTERISTS’ BULLETIN
Janaary 1948
EDITORIAL •
This "begins the crucial year for this bulletin. The second yen:? of a publi¬
cation seems to be the deciding year. Many publications have started and were
pushed through the first year, but they are on their own after that. If they
survive, they usually go until the founders lose interest and pass it on to other
hands, then another crucial period follows. Volume one of this publication
seems to have been success iul judging by the renewals to date, at least. We
have two big aims for volume . two, 1) more articles and notes sent in for publicat¬
ion spontaneously, and less space occupied by the editor, and 2) to increase
subscriptions .
Of the first, I have done what I could and shall continue to do what I can
to "line-up" articles by writing to those who correspond with me and asking for
their contributions. 3ut I would like to see these things come in spontaneously,
which is, in my mind, the only proof that the project is worth while. If vie have
to "get out there and push it over", if it is not a spontaneous endeavour, if it
is not the result of an actual need and the common desire of all. then there is
no need of you spending your' dollar and a quarter and of me spending my time
getting it in some kind of shape for the use of all. I feel, and I know that at
least several others feel that there is a need for a publication of this type,
and also for a society. But until the desire is great enough so that this (and a
society) can not help but develop, then it should not be attempted.
In a sense, we now have a society, not a paper society, but a real ^society;
that is, we are united by a common interest. It is this reality which I am inter¬
ested in developing until it comes to a point when our activities, demand a formal
organization.
I am reminded of that group of men, who nearly one hundred years ago met in
Philadelphia, decided there was a need for an entomological society, drew up
plans for one, organized, and produced over the years, undoubtedly, not without
effort and many trials, a society which is going strong today, and ranks not only
as the first society’ in this country, but the best. We can have the first (as
far as I know) Coleopt er ists 1 Society in this country if we can find enough men
with the desire, sincere interest, and foresight to organize such a society.
There are several such men in this country right now, all hard pressed for time,
and occupied with the duty of providing themselves and theirs with food and
shelter. Can we ask them to help with a project like this without the general
aid of all?
Of aim number two, there are certain rather practical situations to be con¬
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price, in spite of the increase in the subscription rate, we should have five
hundred paid subscribers. Even then, in order to pay the present rate for
stencils, and running the machine, the price should be $ 1«95 f°r ten issues.
This could be cut down by elimination of the front cover, and by mailing with¬
out the envelope. Also, paid ads would of course help. To illustrate the in¬
creased cost of production, when the first issue of Systema Naturae appeared,
mimeograph paper cost 70 cents a ream when bought in quanity. Now, the same
paper cost $ 1.46 a ream in quanity. As long as I cut and run the stencils my¬
self, the bulletin can be produced. But the time will soon come when I will be
unable to do this, and then it will have to be produced commercially in more
than name only. The only answer, then, seems to be to increase subscribers, until
it offsets this cost. The only way to do this is for the present subscribers to
let their associates and correspondents know about the bulletin. We have con-
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tacted everyone we know, the rest is up
persons, libraries and institutions in
they are interested in Coieoptera. they
"because it is a product of the science,
to you. There certainly are five hundred
lie world interested in Coleoptera, and if
should he interested in this project, not
hut because it is a tool for the science.
Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
EDITOR
XESTIPYGE GEM I DATUM (LEC.) ON A SHREW
(Kisteridae)
The genus Xestipyge has about- a dozen recognized species, distributed
throughout North America. Mexico.- Brazil. North Africa and India. The species are
small black i;His teridsn , separated from Paromaltis by the preculiar arching of
the 4th elytral stria.
In North America there are two species, X. conjunctum (Say) of the south
and X. geminabum (LeC.) of the north, both poorly known. The latter species is
listed in Leng:s catalogue as occuring in the Middle States, Illinois and Indiana,
which are Korn' s' (1S73) and Blatchley1 s (1910) records. The New York State list
of insects records this species from Olcott, N.Y. collected by Eenry Dietrich and
from Staten Island. * •
Recently a specimen was given to the author, for determination .from. ,
Point Abino, Welland County, Ontario, Canada, collected August 16, 1947 by E. W.
Jameson, Jr., which proved to be this species, X. gemijiatum (LeC.). Mr. Jame¬
son collected this, along ‘with several other -interesting specimens, on the
Short-Tailed Shrew,. Blarina brbvi cauda (Say). This constitutes then, a new
record for Ontario, and the first record of. the habitat of this species.
Ross-H. Arnett," Jr.
THE STUDY OF COLOR PATTERN AND OTHER IHTRA-
SPECIFIC VARIATION IN COLEOPTERA
by
Melville H. Hatch
. University of Washington
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The Editor of the Coleopterists’ Bulletin has asked me to
summarize my position on the study of color pattern and other types of
intraspecific variation. I suspect he has done this because my views
have been somewhat at variance with generally accepted American opinion
on the subject .
I believe that my heterodoxy derived from the fact that I came
to the study of beetles through an independent study of the literature
without direct contact with very many other coleopterists . I owed a
great deal to personal contacts with Mr. A,. W. Andrews of Detroit and
Dr. M. W. Blackman of Syracuse University, but Mr. Andrews was primari¬
ly a collector and the author of two or three local lists and Dr. Black¬
man was largely concerned with scolytids. Moreover, my training as a
zoologist emphasized thc: biological phenomena themselves and tended to
throw the nomenclatorial apparatus into perspective as nothing sacro¬
sanct but as merely an imperfect tool, for handling biological realities
that far transcended it. • j .... . . . • .....
Finally, almost from the beginnings I took a world-view of the
matter. Interested as I was then in Silphids and Gyrinidae, with the
ending of World War I I entered into communication with Winkler and Wag¬
ner of Vienna and with Staudinger and Bang-Haas of Dresden and event¬
ually secured a large synoptic collection of European and a less ex¬
tensive collection of general foreign Coleoptera. At the same time I
put myself in touch with the European literature: Heyden, Reitter,.. and
Neise, Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae : Schaufuss’ Calwer* s.Xaferbuch
ed. 6; Reitter’s Fauna -German ica Kfifer; the Junk-Schenkling Coleo¬
pterorum Catalogus; Xuhnt’ s Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der
K&fer Deutschlands; Winker* s Catalogus Coleopterorum Regionis Palae-
arcticae. . " • . .
When I came to the matter of color variations, I found ex¬
tensive European precedents for a detailed naming of the same. Espe¬
cially in Nicrophorus, where I have made most extensive use of color
variety nomenclature (Hatch 1927, 19^0) , the studies I modeled my own
after were’ those of the Frenchman Gaston Portevin (1923-25* 1926).
Three stages may be traced in my own thinking about color-
variety nomenclature. To begin with (Hatch 1927? 3^1-3^2) I held that
taxonomy’s purpose was to describe and that the naming of color varieties
or aberrations was an integral part of that function;' Later (Hatch 19*40:
239 e"t seq.) I suggest ed that the chief requirement . in referring, to
intra-specific variation was precision, and that- whether names (with or
without priority), letters, or numbers were used was secondary.
More recently (Hatch 1946) I undertook to see what actually
was at issue between the color- variety-namers and their opponents and
decided that' it was a matter of basic assumptions. The color-variety-
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namers have assumed that distinguishability is the basis for assigning
names and that any variation that can he sharply distinguished is namo-
able. Their opponents assume a more sophisticated position. They wish
the nomenclature to reflect not merely the way the specimens appear to^
the taxonomist hut the populational units to which the individual speci¬
mens when alive were assignable. They also call attention to the per¬
vasiveness of evolution and to the probability that no two individuals
are ever precisely the same, so that the variety-namer would end up by
assigning a separate designation to every specimen! In consequence I
was led to suggest that the naming of non-populational classes "is not
desirable and that such classes should be handled by a nomenclature
that is entirely independent of and not continuous, with .that used to
designate populational units". . -
Practical problems, however, remain.
My individual deflection from the ranks of the color- var iety-
namers does not affect the large number of continental coleopter ists
who still follow the practice.' The present .generation of taxonomists
may well never live to see populational taxonomy so thoroughly establish¬
ed that some naming of color’ varieties will not occur, for does tne
current establishment of populational taxonomy affect the enormous
color variety literature. Moreover, I regard as unwise any^ decision
to deprive varietal or aberrational names of priority standing or to
treat them otherwise than on a par with other trivial names. When
aberrations or varieties are discovered to be species or geographica
subspecies, the names employed should be those of the respective
aberrations or varieties and should date from their original descrip¬
tion as aberrations or varieties. Otherwise coleopter 1st s run the
danger of seeing two systems of names develop. Coleopterist s are too .
few and Coleoptera are too numerous to allow any such schism of
practice', sentiment', or feeling to develop in our ranks.
The populational taxonomists^ must adjust themselves to the
continued use of color variety and aberrational -names by some of their
colleagues. Mien they see such names,- -if they- •'are wise, they will not
exhaust their emotional energy in decrying what is to them an outmoded * ..
nomenclatorial practice. Instead, : they- will proceed to a consideration
of the facts with the same calm that they would if their author had
merely called attention to some uncommon variants of the species in -
question without assigning them any names!
Populationalists, when they find it desirable to refer to the
varietal names of others, might place such names in quotation marks as
an indication of the incomplete acceptability of such names, e.g., var.
"albinus J. Doe".
Numerous alternatives to a direct extension of populational
nomenclature to non-populational classes may be suggested*. Most objec-
♦Sorne may suggest that all intraspecific nomenclature is impossible,
since if, as suggested above, there are no two individuals the same, there
is no place to stop short of separately designating every specimen! With¬
out questioning the theoretical validity of such an observation, I sug¬
gest t hat the classification of color varieties in practice falls far
short of such a result, although just 'how far short depends on the vary-
ing observational techniques the taxonomist elects to employ. _ .
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tional are those proposals to use Latin names which are to be entirely
free from the operation of priority or other nomenclatorial rules. Such
are the " formae" of Blaisdell and the "Kennworten" of Heikertinger
(Hatch 19^0, p. 23S). Such names are too similar to regular names, they
lend themselves too readily to citation in the traditional fashion to be
fully acceptable. Despite these considerations, however, individual
authors will probably continue to employ them!
More acceptable would be names in some non-Latin language, but
such names sometimes simulate Latin names, especially when written in
French.
Most satisfactory in my opinion is a system of .letters, or
numbers, or spot formulae. Such a system is never in any danger of
being confused with the regular system, yet variations so • designated can
be cited with all the precision desired.
As an example, I refer to the system I set up for the 26 or 27
color variations than known to me of the chrysomelid Qrsodacne atra Ahr .
(Hatch 1924: 306—307 : Hatch and Seller, 1932: 103; Seller and Hatch
1932: 75)* 0. atra Ahr . var. 3. Hatch 1924: 307 and others can be cited
with complete precision and yet in complete independence of the regular
system. Moreover, var. B. J. Doe would be nomenclatorially independent
of var. B Hatch, although it might or might not zoologically be a synonym
of it. ■ v ■;
The matter becomes acute in an extremely variable group like the
Coccinellidae . In a study of the Coccinellidae of Washington that Mrs.
Helen Houk and I are engaged upon, we have finally elected to number the
varieties of each species' or geographical subspecies from "1” up. Each
number is followed by a description of the variety, usually by means of
a color pattern formula, as is usual among students of the group, and
this description is accompanied by the citation of such other names or
lettered or numbered varieties as appear to have been given this
variety by other authors. Thus var. 1 Houk and Hatch of a particular
species may be the same as var. A..J.. Smith or var " immaculata J. Doe”!
We believe that this combines a proper deemphasis on the varieties with
continued ease and certainty of citation. Just what would be the re¬
sults, however, of attempting to combine into one listing the results
of half a dozen or a dozen authors* work on a single complexly varying
species, only the future can decide for certain. It might, however,
read somewhat as follows, the three dots in each case standing for the
rest of the citation:
var. "immaculata J. Doe*1 ...; var. A J. Smith ...; var. 1 Houk and Hatch
...; var. 7 Jones ...; etc.
So much for how I propose to study color varieties. There re¬
mains the problem of "Why study them?" .
The first and most important reason for studying color var¬
ieties that I have always insisted upon is that they represent an
intergral part of the taxonomist’s descriptive analysis of his material.
Furthermore, color varieties frequently simulate species and it is
desirable to have them on record so that they may not be confused with
species .
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The study of color varieties is likewise important for those who
are interested in what may he called the dynamics of species. They
frequently represent a part of the variation out of v/hicn the popular*
tional units - the species and subspecies - are themselves compounded.
For example, in the chrysomelid Or sodacne the American atra
Ahr . and the European cerasjl L. are rather similar morphologically,
hut their color variations are in two entirely different directions.
Similarly, ITicrophorus vespilloides Hbst. is a Eolarctic species occur—
ing in both Eurasia 'and forth America. The common form and one or two
of the commonest color variants are the same in the two continents, hut
the greater number of the color varieties in the two regions is quite
different. Color variations is thus a specific and subspecific char¬
acter of moment, and sometimes it will not be until the variations
are tabulated and their relative frequency and distribution studied
that the full import of the variation will be appreciated.
Again, the color variation of an introduced species may be far
less in the area of its introduction than it is in its native land. I
have noted this particularly in the coccinelled Adalia bipun ctata L.,
which is extraordinarily variable in Europe, but the same, thing seems ^
to be true of the American populations of some of the introduced species
of oniscoid isopods or sow-bugs. .
The more critical student of intraspecific variation will, where
his material permits, not only report the different color variations
present but will indicate their relative abundance in different geo¬
graphical areas or even at different times of the year .(as with the
butterflies) .
The ultimate analysis of a population is, of course, in terms
of genes. Perhaps, when this is accomplished for a species, other
cruder approaches to the study of its variation may be. forgotten. But
this is proving to be an extremely complicated af fair . . -Eir st methods
must be discovered for the indefinite rearing of the animals in the
laboratory. Thus Shull (1944:332) in his study of the very _ interest¬
ingly variable coccinelled Kippodamia has been unable to maintain his
strains for more than j or 2 generations. Moreover he finds frequent¬
ly that a single spot seems to be influenced not only by a single-
allelomorphic pair of genes but by numerous modifying genes (Shull 19 >
1945) so that the entire picture is extremely confused. In general we
seem to be about at the point where we can almost say that even minute
differences between individuals that are not obviously malformations are
much more likely to be due to heritable factors than otherwise. The up¬
shot is that most of the variations that the student- of . color variation
notes is probably genetic and not environmental in origin.- -.Further¬
more, the differences are likely to be due not to single pairs of
genes but to complexes of modifying genes.
Bibliography
Beller, Samuel and Melville K. Hatch .
1932 Coleoptera of -Washington: Chrysomelidae . Univ. vash. Publ.
Biol. 1: 65-144, 26 figs.
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Eatch, Melville H.
1924 A Preliminary List of the Coleoptera of the Cranberry Lake
Region, Hew York- Exclusive of the Buprestidae, Cerambycidae and
Ipidae. Tech. Publ. No. 17, H. Y. St. Coll. Eor. at Syracuse
University. l4 (22): 273-312.
1927 Studies on the Silphinae. Jour. II. Y. Ent. Soc. 35 2 331-371*
1940 Observations on Silphinae with a Note on Intraspecific Var¬
iations and .theiy Designation.. Jour. IT.Y. Ent. Soc.. 4S:
233-244.
1946 Hameability in Taxonomy. Ent. Hews 57 • l4l-l43.
Hatch, Melville K. and Samuel Beller.
1932 A Preliminary Catalogue of the Chrysomelidae of Oregon. Pan-
P. Entomologist. 8: 102-108.
Portevin, Gaston, ' •
I923-I925 Revision des Hecrophoririi- 'du .Globe .• Bull. Mus . Hist. Hat.
Paris. 1923:- 64-71, 141-146, 226-233, 303-309; 1924: 83-87,
145-150, 185-192, 287-293, 374-377? .1925: 165-170.
1926 Les Grands Hecrophages du Globe. Ency. Ent. Lechevalier
6: 1-270, 201 figs,
Shull, A. Franklin * . . .
1944 Inheritance in Lady Beetles II. r'The , spotless pattern and its
modifiers in Hippodamia conver gens' and their frequency in
several populations* Jour., of Heredity 35; 329“339*
1945 Inheritance in Lady- Beetles III. Crosses between variants of
Hippodamia quinquesignata and between this species and H.
convergens . Jour, of Heredity 36: l49-l60.
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I will exchange a years -subscription to the COLEOPTERI ST S'
BULLETIN for beetles from Foreign countries.. At present I desire
only beetles of the family Meloidae'. Beetles should be sent directly
to me at this address:- Department of Entomology, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. I will send the Sherwood Press the
price of the subscription upon receipt of the insects.
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ADDITION TO '’LIST OE DETERMINERS AND REVISORS"
Anthribidae
Valentine, Barry D., Department of Entomology, Cornell University,
Ithaca, II. Y.
NOTICES
Bliss, Raymond Q,. , Dept, of Zoology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia 4, Pa.
Desire: Material of the gems Nicrophorus (Silphidae) for
study purposes.
Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Department of Entomology, Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y.
Desire: Poreign OEderaeridae for revisional purposes.
Brower, A. E., 5 Hospital Street, Augusta, .Maine.
Exchange: Cerambycidae, Buprestidae and other groups.
Nava j as, Eduardo, Instituto Biologico, Caixa postal 119-A, Sao Paulo, ’
Brazil . •; ; . ■ ; ; -r
Revising: Eurysternus (Scarahaeidae, Sisyphini)
Interests: Elateridae (neotropical) and Fulcidacinae (Chlamyd-
inae, Chrysomelidae) . '
Dieke, G. H., 1101 Argonne Drive, Baltimore IS, Md.
Revising: - Epilachna s. 1. (Coccinellidae) . .
Desire: to borrow any material of Epilachna
Will exchange: or. buy Coccinellidae of world.
Available for exchange also Coleoptera of Eastern U. S.
Van Hoegaerden, A., 73, Rue G. Van Laethem, Ever e-Bruxelles — BELGIUM
Interests: Carabus (Carabidae)
Exchange: Desire to exchange Carabus for specimens of
Calosoma from U. S., Canada, & Mexico.
Hayes, Joseph B., 1905 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago 39 * ill*
Desire : Cicindelidae; Buprestidae; Scarabaeidae; Lucanidae
and Cerambycidae of the Uorld.
Exchange^ Misc. of all families from Ill., Mo., and Ind.
Comments : Would like determinations of many of my specimens.
Theodorides, Jean, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University,
Cambridge 38, Mass*
Interests : Ecology of beetles, ~ Maritime sp . , cave— dwelling
sp.. desert or sand-dune sp.. etc.
Parasitic beetles, medical importance of Coleoptera
Worm parasites of beetles, and their action in the
host, (chiefly for the family Scarabaeidae and
above all tribe Aphodiini.)
Scarabaeidae, general study of dung sp . with parti¬
cular reference to their ecology.
Hamon, M. Jacques, Villa Ariel, rue A. Braind, Orsay (S. et 0.) FRANCE
Exchange: Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Dytiscidae, Scarabaeidae,
Carabus (Carabidae) . (identified specimens.)
[I have received from M. Jean- Thepdorides, at present a
student at Harvard University, a mimeographed outline of the entomological
work of France. This whs presented to the Entomological Club of
Cambridge, Bee. 9> 19^7 • It is a very interesting and valuable list.
Included with it is ’"a list of French specialists. I have reprinted be¬
low, the list of Coleopterist s . }
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Carabidae: Prof. R. Jeannel (M.P.); G. Colasr (M.P .) ; M. Bewailly (Paris);
G. Pecoud (Paris) . ( ;
Cicin&elidae : Dr. E. Rivalier (Paris).
Dytiscidae, Hal ip 1 idae, Gyrinidae : Dr. F. Guignot (Avignon); C. Legros
(Paris) . • J
Staphylinidae : J. Jarrige (Paris) .
Kydrophilidae; C. Legros (Paris).'
Larvae of all aquatic beetles ; H. Bertrand (Paris) .
Pseiaphidae; A. Mequignon (Paris) .
Clavicornia: A. Mequignon (Paris) ; F. Pierre (Paris, now in Beni Abbes,
Algeria) .
Catopidae : Dr. H. Kenrot (Paris).
Hister idae : Dr. de 'Saint-Albin (Paris).
Elater idae : A.-Iablokoff (Fontainbleau) . "
Buprestidae : A. Thery -(Paris); L. Schafer ( Charbonnieres, Rhone).
Scarabaeidae Coprophaga: R. Paul ian (M.P. now in Madagascar); G.
Gamier (Paris) . Melolonthidae : P. Dewailly (Paris);
Cetonidae : P . Bourgin (M.P.)‘;G. -Ruter (Paris).
Malacodermata, Kete'romera: M. Pic (small place in Saone et Loire); Dr.
• F. Cantohnet (Paris) .
Chrysomelidae : R. Fongond (Paris) .
Curculionidae : A. Hoffmann, G. Ruter (Paris).
Bruchiaae, Scolytidae: A. Hoffmann (Paris) .
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RECENT LITERATURE
Robinson, Mark, A Few Species of_ Stenocrates from Central America, Ent.
News; 58^233-^7' lp?”
Van Dyke, Edwin C., Few Species of Coleoptera from Western Forth America,
Pan-Pac. Eht . , 23 ? 155'“J-6l, 19% •
Barr, W. F. , and E. G. Linsley. Distribut ional and Biological Fotes on
the species of the s’dbgen'17 Ko lap op hi. la oc curing in western
Forth' America, ^Coleopteraj Buprest idae) . Pan-Pac. Ent., 23?
n2-i67riw-
Weiss, Harry B., The Death-Feints of Idiohates castaneus Koch and
Bolet o therus^ D'ifurcus~'fab . (Coleoptera, Tenebricnidae; . Jour.
N. Y. Ent. Soc., 55* 273- • 279 » 19% •
Dethier, V. G., The Role of the Antennae in the Orient at ion of_ Carr ion
Beetles to odors. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 55? 285-293* 1^1+7 •
Arnett, R. H., Jr., A review of the genus Rhino-plat ia Horn, (Coleoptera,
Qedemeridae) , proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 49: 241-2467 1947 •
Brakman, P. J., Zes voor de Federlandsche Fauna nieuwe Coleoptera uit
Zeeland, Entomologische Berichten, No. 277* Deel xii» P-17&-
181, 1 Sept. 1947. .
KEYS ‘TO SPECIES
[From time to time, as keys to- species come to our attention, they will
he cited in this space, according to family, with indication as to scope.]
SCARABAEIDAE * , .
Dynast inae, trihe Oryctini . [Keys to all U.S. sp. with desc.J
Saylor, L. W., Jour. Wash. Ac. Sc., : 4l-45, 1946.
KEYS TO GEliERA
[References to keys to genera; same as. plan above.]
BRUCKIDAE [Key to all genEra of U.S. and Canada]
Bridwell, J. C., Jour. Wash. Ac. Sc., 36: 52-57* 1946.
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February, 194g
A TECHNIQUE FOR ORIENTING BEETLE GENITALIA FOR ILLUSTRATION
F. G. Werner
' Cambridge, Mass.
One of the most difficult aspects of 'studying beetle genitalia
has been orientation under the.jaicroscopd for drawings." This can some¬
times be done in alcohol by sticking them into plasticine or wax for the
very largest beetles but this method is utterly impractical for the large
number of small species. One of the standard methods is to mount the-
genitalia of the latter in balsam or glycerin and arrange them with fine
needles thrust under the cover glass.
The author has successfully employed a modification of this
technique that should -be useful, lor any small dissections. Two square
cover glasses are cemented to a microscope slide about 1/4 inch apart.
The genitalia, either, fresh, from ROE or from the small genitalia tubes
that many coleopterist s use, are placed in the gap between the cover
glasses and a drop of glycerin added. A cover glass is placed over this,
preferably a small round one. To orient the specimen, one needs only to
move around the cover glass to roll it over. If it -is- watched under the
microscope while this operation is taking place, the desired position
can be gained. If, the entire area under the -slip is full- of glycerin,
the specimen will remain in position for a number of hours and can even
be left overnight without great alteration. When a second view is de¬
sired, a couple of minutes of manipulation will suffice to make the
change. When finished with the specimen, it can be removed by lifting
the cover glass with forceps and picking it off with the point of an
insect pin and transferring it back to its vial.
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"LES CALOSOMES" - A REVIEW
H.E. Strohecker
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Fla.
Jeannel, R., 1940 . Les Calosomes, Mfemoirs Muskun National d’Histoire
Naturelle, nouvelle ~serie; fasc. I, 2U0 pp., 204 text figs., 8 pi.
175 fr.
This monograph heats an interesting date, May 19^0; it treats
in comprehensive fashion a considerable group of great carabids. Among
the headings are: Morphologie, Calosomes fossiles, Chorologie et
Evolution, Systfematique. In discussing distribution Jeannel -invokes
the continental drift hypothesis of Wegener. The systematic arrange¬
ment is built to a considerable extent upon setation of labium, pro¬
notun and trochanters and especially upon the aedeagus. In one group
(Calosomes lobfcs) the opening of the .aedeagus has a membranous lobe;
in the other, larger group ' (Calosomes ongul&s) this lobe is chitinized
and variously developed. Twenty genera and eleven subgenera are used
in arranging 113 species. In north America (excl. Mexico) Jeannel
recognizes 29 species which he places in seven genera and three sub¬
genera: . : ;
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Calodrepa — wilcoxi Lee., scrutator Fab,., splendidum Dej.;
Calosona — sycophant a L., f r i g i dun Kirby; Castr ida . sayi De j . ; Chrysos»tigna— —
‘ ■* , t , * • ' * ** ’ ^
calidum Fab., morrisoni Horn, t epidum Lee . , cancel latum Eschh., ob sole turn
Say, semilaeve Lee., simplex Lee., affine Chaud.; Micro call is thenes
(Call is tenia) — diecors Lee*. , subaeneus Chaud., luxatus Say, wilkes i
* . _ c •" *. • .. * \ * f
noniliatus Lee.; Camedula peregrinator Guer., eremicola Fall, haydeni
Horn; Camedula (Camegonia) — prominens Lee., lecontei Gsiki, parvicolle
Fall; Callitropa externum Say, macrum Lee., protractum Lee., (Par acalo soma)
■ ' ■ * *
p aimer i Korn.
While I am unable to express a critical opinion of this work its physical
execution is excellent; the photograph.es are exceptionally sharp, showing
even the fine details of sculpturing.
A PRELIMINARY KEY TO THE GENERA OF OEDEMERIDAE OF THE WORLD
By Ross K. Arnett, Jr.
Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y.
The following key is here presented as a preliminary considera¬
tion of the genera of Oedemeridae. The great hulk of the genera are
omitted so that the key has relatively little value for determining pur¬
poses. However, at a latter date I plan to add a key to the now tentative
tribes Ditylini, Asclerini and Oedenerini. It is my hope in presenting
this rough draft of the classification of Oedemeridae that those who
have material of these genera in their collections will test it and be
willing to write to me their result's. Also, I would be very glad to
receive material in any of these groups for study purposes. The bulk
of the exotic genera here mentioned are known to me from (description
only and there is little doubt in my mind but that a study of the material
would considerably change my views on the arrangement of these genera.
I have^onitted the genitalic characters in this key because of
the inability to acurately illustrate them through the medium of the
mimeograph. There are excellent characters which support the following
characters as far as studied. A further study of the genitalia will
serve to clearly define • the genera.
1. Antennae situated in the deep emargination of the eyes.
Calopodinae. . . . 2
Antennae situated in front of the eyes which may be emarginate or
not . 5
2. Mandibles bifid at tip (N.A. & Europe.)... . Cal opus Fab.
t ■ • •
Mandibles entire . 3
3. Only penultimate tarsal segment bilobed (Asia) . Sparedropsis Heyd.
Both penultimate and antepenultimate tarsal segments bilobed.. 4
4. Last segment of maxillary palpi triangular (Southern U. S. ,. Cent .
Am. & Eur .) ....... . . /. . . .Sparedrus Dej .
Last segment of maxillary palpi elongate (Tonkin). Oculariun Pic
5» Anterior tibia with a single apical spur (rarely with none).
Nacerdinae. . . . . . . . . 7
Anterior tibia with two apical spurs . Oedemerinae . 6
6. The remaining genera are included in three tribes, Ditylini,
Asclerini and Oedemerini, but they are very poorly separated,
and the included genera need more study before it can be deter¬
mined whether they i^ill be kept as Oedemerini or whether they
will be divided into several tribes.
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7. Anterior tibia without visiable apical spur; eyes approximate.
(Sumatra) . Mimoncomera Pic
Anterior tibia with an apical spur; eyes separate
8
g. Scutellum minute, hardly distinct; head large and robust.
(Kashmir) . . . Kacerdoscuta Pic
Scutellum normal; head normal . . . . 9
Q. Mandibles not bifid (Pew Guinea) . . . Milneum Pic
Mandibles bifid. (It is not known whether the mandibles are bifid
in the renera Dityloidea (from Chile) -and Zabriola (from Madagas¬
car)).^ . . . 10
• . 11
12
Micronacerdes Pic
10. Apical spur of fore tarsi weak . ' .
Apical spur of fore tarsi normal •
11 . Head normal (Brazil and Peru) .............. V. •;* • .
Head moderately produced into a long 'snout (Madagascar) .
Zabriola Pairm.
12. Eyes entire; head produced into a long snout (Cliil-e) .• ■
J Dityloides Pairm &
• ' • Germ.
Eyes emarginate; head not snout-like . . . *3
13. Eyes large, front between the eyes narrower than the eyes... l4
Eves small, front between the eyes broader than the eyes.
• (Widespread) . 7; . . • — • • : • Pacerdes Sej .
14. Apical 'segment of the maxillary palpi not securiform; pronotum
anteriorlv scarcely broadened; eyes larger,, more convex.
(Widespr . ) . . . . . . . . Xanthrochroa Schmidt
* * N * • * * * * * '• #
Apical segment of maxillary palpi securiform; pronotum anteriorly
greatly-- broadened? eyes smaller, less convex (Karakorum).
Allagatha Sem. &
Ter. -Min.
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BIOGRAPHY OP AUGUSTE BE JEAN
Compiled, "by £. E. Arnett, Jr.
. • The life of Count Auguste Dejean is worthy of any Hollywood
scenario writer's pen. For the following account, I have drawn freely
from the article by R. P. Do\v which appeared in 1914 in the Bulletin of
the Brooklyn Entomological Society, - an article on early French Coleo-
pter ists .
Auguste Dejean was horn in 1720 at Amiens, of a respectable
family, hut not one of wealth or nobility. He hegain his career as an
entomologist by collecting butterflies at the age of 13 with Dumferil.
However, he soon corrected this mistake by abandoning the butterflies
for bee.tles after a f ew months.
Dejean became "citizen Dejean" just two years later and was
carrying a musket of the republic. In 1302 he published for private
distribution a catalogue of his collection which at that time contained
910 species,. 50 of which were exotic. For the next thirteen years he
was a soldier of fortune under Napoleon. He shared all of the romance
of the successful supporters of Napoleon. He stood at Waterloo , general
of a division and Aide de Camp to .Napoleon. He had acquired both riches
and power, as did all the generals who gave their best to the short lived
dynasty. •; . f *
"Yet this madcap general never ceased to be a coleopterist,
never spent an hqur without- a collect ing. bottle in his holster. His
soldiers called him the French equivalent of the. "bughouse general".
The specimens caught on the field of battle were posted to Paris and kept
by his faithful agent d'affaires. At the battle. of Alcanizas, which he
personally [? ] won* while actually under fire he spied a Cebr io undulatus
on a f lower. Dismounting he bottled it. An hour later a stray ball
shattered his holster, breaking the bottle. Dismounting again, he
searched until the -beetle- was recovered.- This specimen held the place
of honor in his collection until it was dispersed...."
» . . . , ... ..... . * • •
His second catalogue of beetles appeared in. 1321, this tine
a total of 6,692. ’ This may seem small to us- now, but at that time., it
was more than the total number then described .from Europe. As late as
1835, the Henshaw list for North America contained only 9*238 species.
The next Dejear. catalogue appeared in 1336. Dejean had risen
from Baron to Count., - Peer and Councillor of France. But it is of more
importance that he now had 20,909 species of beetles, plus a mass of un¬
worked material,. The last list appeared in 1337 with 22,399 species.
This is larger than mo.st private collections today and undoubtly his
was the. most famous collection in the world. t
Dejean was a dreamer, but he had the money to back up some of
his dreams. He conceived the idea of creating a work in which every
species of insect in the world would be described and illustrated. He
actually set out to produce such a work and enlisted the help of several
of the great entomologists of the day. Only one volume however, appeared.
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It was from the pen of Dejean himself, the Species General of 1825* It
covered the Carabidae and is his best monument today. It was due largely
to Latreille, long time associate of Dejean, that the project was not
carried out further. Latreille was the one scholar of the combine that
realized that the work was too great for any one combination of brains
to undertake. He was the one worker in the ranks who threw away the
promise of money for the preferable adherence to scientific truth.
"A soldier of ITapolean never rusted out. He wore out. Eye¬
sight and general health stopped De jean* s work . Another enemy was
finance. He had been living beyond his means. The Dejean collection
was offered for sale, partly from a natural pique, as he fancied for the
minute that he hated the life work of forty years which he could no longer
see, and partly because he could not affort to give it away. The French
Government considered its purchase, but with the ingratitude and dilator¬
iness of an approaching republic . " The collection was finally sold in
parts, the various families becoming widely scattered. The Carabic ae
went to Baron Chaudoir, thence to Rene Oberthur, of Rennes, France...
The Gallerucini were bought by the Marquis de Bremes..." and so on.
Without his collection he found time heavy on his hands. He
joined the Entomological Society, attended its meetings and published
a few unimportant papers. HHe watched the world progress' beyond his
reach and died in lS45.,t
Dejean left his mark on the nomenclature of the Coleoptera and
for this reason his name is fresh in ours minds today. There is much
discussion as to the generic names used in his various catalogues. Re¬
cently there have been several papers on this subject in an attempt to
clearfy the situation. According to the code, a generic name of those
early dates are valid simply if they have included species. Many of our
currently used genera were first listed in the Dejean catalogues before
a written description was published. Often times the included species
varied greatly from those in the written descriptions. Therefore, the
genotypes as later designated may not have been included in the Dejean
list. It is then apparent that a considerable amount of name changing
is the only result. Another difficulty developed because of the fact
that the 1036 edition of the list was almost entirely destroyed in a
warehouse fire. However, some copies were distributed. But Dejean
had the edition reprinted making a number of changes and yet preserving
the same edition number and date as the destroyed edition. Because of
the great rarity of- this destroyed edition, it is very difficult to
establish the date and genotypes of certain genera. .
*
* .
As to exactly what the science of Coleopterolo.gy owes to
Dejean I am not certain, but one thing is clear. He led a life hardly
equaled by any character in any novel, and he did provide an important
catalogue for the workers of the time that was as indespensable as any
we have today.
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RECEXT LITERATURE
[edited "by: George E. Ea.ll and jarry E. Valentine, Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y.]
Bondar, Gregorio, Notas Entomologicas da Eaia XIX, Revista de Ent., 12:
273-295. 19^7 • LCurculionidae and corrections, synomyns . ]
Saylor, Lawrence U., New South American Scarab Beetles of the Genus Astaena,
Revista de Ent., IS: 433-437, 1947 [ Scarab aeidaeT]
Benesh, Bernard, A Systematic Revision of the Kolarctic Genus Platycerus,
Geoffroy, (Coleoptera; Lucanidae), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc.. 72:
139-202, 19763
Dillon, Lawrence S. and Elizabeth S., Review of the Onocephalini (Coleoptera;
Cerambycidae) , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc77 727 2~7-4s, 1946.
Cantonnet, Erancois & Jean Th&odoridfes, _Quelques Col&opt&res r§colt&s aux
environs d 1 Avignon en septembre 1945 et classes d'apres leurs
biotopes, La Feuille des Naturalistes, Ease. 1, pp. 1-3, 1947.
Pierre, Franklin &• Jean Thiodoridfes, La cohabitation de Dichirotr ichus
pubescens Payk . , de Eledius spectabilis- Kraatz |_Coleopt eraj et
Paragnathia formica l.Gnathi idae J, ' dans le schorre, a l'estuaire
de la Penzfe 'fFinistfer'e^ Bull . Soc. Zool. France, 71: 151-156 .
I94FT
ibid Sur la biologie de Cryptophagus (Micrambe;) obcordatus Mar sh . ,
(Col.: Cryt.) top hag idae) , Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 71-72, May 1946.
REVIEW: Les Insects des Palmiers
Lepesme, P., Les Insects des’ Palmiers, Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 904 pp.,
63s fig“: 1947-. . ■- v*
• - . . * * * r * ■ , \ . . .
: * . . 1 . „ ,f
To' be able to produce a work of this magnitude under the present
conditions in France is not only astounding but a great tribute to the
author and the French. This work treats the Palms of the world and their
insect pests. It is profusely illustrated with cuts of the highest
quality and printed on an excellent grade of glazed paper. It. is a book
which will not only excite the interest of the entomologist, but also the
desire of the bibliophile. The beetles are treated on pages 430 to 649*
In the family Scarabaeidae, the genera Platygenia, Agenius, Pachnoda,
Oryctes, Scapanes, Augo soma and Xylotrupes are studied in great detail
with keys to the species. There are also keys to some genera of
Chrysonelidae, Bruchidae, and Curculionidae. In as much as this book
deals with the species of the world, this is a distinct systematic con¬
tribution.- It would, be well that every specialist check his group for
new habitat records! The authors and collaborators of this work are to
be heartily congratulated by all entomologists, - the systematic worker,
the economic worker and the ecologist.
EDITOR’S SECTION
Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
Beginning with. this issue, all material which I write other
than signed articles will he found under the above title. All' editorials,
news, notes, reviews, business, project discussions, etc. will' be included
here if I write them. .This section will appear at the end of each issue
if there are any. such contributions by me. All other - articles, notes,
etc. will appear first and will be signed by the respective authors. This
section will have the introductory phrase of each item underlined so that
it will stand out as a separate item, yet be under the above title.
I have several reasons in mind in doing this. The foremost
reasons are: 1) It will tend to take away- ‘the personal aspect of this
project; 2) it will bring into prominance the contributions of others;
3) it will make a clearer presentation of the articles -and remove editorial
comment from within or near another author’s text; 4) it will make it
'possible to reprint articles as separates when desired. ' •
The Bulletin then shall be organized as follows: 1st articles
"(i.e. on groups,: on techniques, reviews, bibiographies, etcT); 2nd,
current literature which will hereafter be edited by a group oi editors,
3rd, editor’s section, and 4th notices (which are of necessity edited by
myself). In other words, the bulletin, will assume an organization
similar' to that of the '.proceedings of a society which has first, articles
or research report's, second, current literature, third, the report of
, the meetings of the society, and finally, .exchange pot ices, ....
News: The collegues and friends of Dr. Henry Dietrich,
Curator of Insects, Cornell University, will be* glad to know .that he is
well on the road to recovery from his recent illness. Rr.. Dietrich has
been in the hospital for several weeks following a brain operation.
The January Issue of .The. Lepidopterists * News : The first issue
of Vol. II~of the Lepidopterists’ ‘ Society’ s -publication ’’The • Lepidopterists’
News” appeared this week Lithoprinted. It is a very' fine issue; their
editor, Mr. C. L, Remington, and their members are doing a very fine job
in promoting interest and cooperation in their field. The editor of this
■ bulletin sends his hearty congratulations to the editor of the "News”.
KEYS TO GENERA, SPECIES, AND MONOGRAPHS
[in continuing the scheme started in the last issue, namely that
of citing references to current keys to genera, species and to monographs,
it might be well to cite several of the more recent and probably more or
less generally known monographs for a matter of record. ]
NIT IDULIDAE ' ( .*
Parsons, Carl T., Bull. M.C.Z., 42: no. 2, 1943. [Keys -and desc.
to all nearctic species. ]
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MOKDELLIDAE
Liljeblad, Emil, Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich. no. 62, 19^5*
[Keys and desc. to all' N.A., IT. of Mex. species.]
psslaphidae'
Bowman, John R. , The Pselaphidae of North America, 1934. [private
publ. of the author.] [Keys and desc. to all N.A. species.]
SILPKIDAE “
_
Silphini and Nicrophorini . [Keys to all Nearctic species]
• 1 * ,•* » , •
Arnett, R.K.,jr., Jour. N.Y. Ent-. Soci, 52: 1-25. 1944
KALIPLIDAE
Matheson, Robert, Jour. N.Y. Ent. Soc., 20: 156-193i pi • X-XV,
1912. [Keys to all species inll.A., north -of Mex.]
OEDEMERIBAE
Horn, Gr.K. , Proc." Calif. Atfad. Sc., (2)' 6: 322-421, IS96. .
[The most recent monograph of this family'.- Keys to all species
of U.S. and Canada. § ' " - •
■RHIPIPKORIBAE
Rivney, Ezekiel, Mem. Amer. Ent.* Soc.,* 1929. no. 6, 6S pp.- 4 pi.
.[Treats 'all N. & Cent. Am.' species.]
3RENTHIDAE
Kleine, Ent. ITachri Bl., 12: 65-8O, 129-144, 1939'*’' [Keys to genera
of the word. ]
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NOTICES
Allow ne to offer you for your library a guide to places where rare
beetles are to he found. This "3AEDECKSR FOR ENTOMOLOGISTS" is the pre¬
paratory .treatise for a new fauna work on the basis of the chorology,
which up to now does' not exist. "Wei rather s Skizzenblatter" will be
published in January 1948, the 1st series (single leaves 1-50) of the
"Alpine volume" of the "Eauna Endemica Coleopt erorum" as a manuscript,
consisting of single typescript printing. And finally will you kindly
send me some - addresses of Coleopteri st s .in order that I can offer them
the above mentioned Chorology-Publicat ion.
ALSO. I can provide you with rare beetles from Asia (Turkey) and the
Balhins, for your collection, (offer list on application). Leo Weirather,
Innsbruck, Hungerburg, Mullerstr. l4^Tirol, Austria.
Conne je suis specialist dans la famille des Carabus dont je posstde de
beaux specimens, il me' seriat agrfeable de les tchanger contre des
calosones des E.U., du Canada et du Mexique. Les insectes que je peux
vous faire parvenir sont intacts et de bonne preparation et j’esptre
que ceux que vous pourriez m'envoyer rtp.ondent aux memes conditions.
A. VAN KOEGASRDIN, 73, Rue 'G. Van Lae them, EVERE-ERUXELLES , BELGIUM.
I would like to have an entomologist correspondent of my age ( I am 20)
in the United States. M. Barthe Fernand, S Rue Hubert Giraud 8, Mirames
(3d R) FRANCE •
— mm mm mm t ****
NEED FOR REVISICITAL PURPOSES: Exotic Oedemeridae. R.H. Arnett, Dept,
of Ent., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
WILL EXCHANGE AND DETERMINE : Anthribidae and Cicindelidae of N.A. Also
will exchange Cicindelidae from the Solomon Is.., Tricondyla and miscell¬
aneous Coleoptera. Barry D. Valentine,. 207 Williams St., Ithaca, N.Y.
The reader is in\'ited to send exchange notices, desirata, etc. for
publication in this section.
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March, 1948
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But it is to be distinctly understood that this bulletin is for the serious Amateur as well as for
the Professional, and all are invited to write its pages. Material for this bulletin will be con¬
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THE COLEOPTERI STS’ BULLETIN
VOL. II No. 3 March 1948
A LIST OF COLEOPTERA COLLECTED NEAR LAGOON HEAD, WELLINGTON, V.I.
Richard Guppy
Wellington, V.I., B.C.
The object of the following list is to indicate the extremely
distinctive nature of the coleopterous fauna of the area covered. After
giving an idea of the abundance of each species in this particular
locality I have added a brief note to indicate its comparative numbers
elsewhere in the district.
However, I must first digress a bit to give the briefest possible
description of the terrain over which the collecting was done.
Hammond Bay, on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, is protected
from the open waters of the Straits of Georgia, by a low lying tract of
land perhaps a quarter of a mile long and nearly as wide. At the sea¬
ward extremity rises a rocky eminence, known as Lagoon Head, which
supports a scrubby growth of Douglas fir and Garry oak trees. The re¬
mainder of the area, lying between Lagoon Head and the mainland, is in
the form of a "lagoon” filled with water at high tide and connected with
Hammond Bay by a single narrow channel. The land surrounding the lagoon
is mostly low, stony, and bare of timber.
I found all the low lying, gravelly parts of this spit to be
extraordinarily productive collecting ground for Coleoptera, but most
particularly the piece, a quarter acre at the most, which lies between
Lagoon Head, and the above mentioned channel.
The elevation here is perhaps three feet above the highest
winter tides. A scanty growth of hardy grasses is not able to hide the
bare pebbles, but mosses fill in where even the grass cannot cling. A
few larger stones and various pieces of wood carried in by the tide,
were considerably added to by my own efforts, when I discovered how
rich a harvest of beetles they yielded. In this unprepossessing spot
all the species listed below were collected.
CICINDELIDAE
Cicindela oregona. Fairly abundant some seasons on bare gravel below
line of winter tides. Probably occurs wherever the terrain above
ordinary high water is bare sand or fine gravel.
CARABIDAE
percosia extensa. 2 - under piece of wood during October. Not taken
elsewhere .
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Dicheirus piceus. Extremely common under wood and stones. Occurs every¬
where on dry exposed shore lines, and also inland on rocky hillsides*
St enolophus conjunctus. 1 - October. Occasional elsewhere under stones.
Karpalinae sp.t - Undetermined. A beautiful metallic green insect, quite
common on the spit, scarce elsewhere, always in stony open places.
After a long wait I am still unable to get this species named.
. S TAPHYL I N ED AE
Several distinctive species of Staphylinidae were collected. But,
at present, determination can be had for only one.
Kadrotes crassus. Common under piles of seaweed jetsam. Probably occurs
all "along the shore line.
KISTERIHAE
Saprinus copei. 3 - only under piece of wood. Elsewhere 2 taken, one
from poultry droppings.
ANTKICIBAE
Anthicus nanus. 1 - May. Not taken otherwise.
ELATERIUAE
Ludius lateralis. Always extremely abundant in April and MsSt. under
dr" if twor'd and among moss. Elsewhere only 3 taken, in September and
October, one in flight and 2 in woodpiles.
Athous nigripilis. 1 - only under drift wood, not taken otherwise.
COCCINELLIDAE
sp.)
Several undetermined specimens on foliage of gumweed, (Grindella
TENEBR IONIEAE
Blapstimus gregalis. Very abundant in spring and autumn under stones. One
or two colonies found in neighbouring stony field, but never seen other¬
wise.
Coniontis ovalis. Always abundant in spring and early summer under wood
and stones and among grass. Never seen elsewhere.
Eleodes ro tundipennis . The remarks on above apecies apply as well to this,
except that it can be taken later in the summer.
CURCUL 1 0 NIDAE
Brachyrhinus sulcatus . Fairly common. Qp.it e frequent elsewhere in all
sorts of odd situations, both dry and damp.
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Kypera punctatua. 6 - taken during spring and summer of 1947 under wood.
Hot taken elsewhere in Wellington District. I have one from Nanaimo
and one from Tofino on the West Coast.
Brachyrhinus ovatus. Fairly common. Not frequent elsewhere, usually in
dry situations.
NOTES ABOUT GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN COLEOPTERISTS
E. Klapperich
Bonn - Germany
Part I
List of Determiners and Revisors
The following list gives the names and address of whether a
determiner, or a current revisor, or "both, for the family indicated. In
all cases, it is necessary to make previous arrangements with the person,
whom you would like to have determine your material, before you send any
specimens, To the best of the author* s knowledge, all listed are respon¬
sible scientists.
Benick, L. Dr., (24a) Lflbeck, Yiktoriastr. 7» Germany.
Staphylinidae : Steninae, Edaphus, Euaestthetus of the world.
Benick, G. Dr., (24a) Lfibeck, Kohlmarkt, Germany.
\
S t aphyl i ni dae ; Atheta of the world.
Ernisch, Earl, Lehrer, formerly in Dfisseldorf-Rheinl . , now (10) Sohl
fiber Adorf, Vogtland, Eaus Nr. S4, Germany.
Nordellidae of the world.
Voss, Eduard, Ingenieur, (23) Oesede - Osnabrfick, Post Georgsmarienhfitte,
K^lonie Stahmer Nr. 1, Germany.
Curculionid-ae : Rhynchitini of the world.
Wagner, Hans, Sntomologe, Berlin - Lichtenberg, Wilhelmstr. 50, Germany.
Curculionidae: Ceutorrhynchini, Apionini of the world.
Wolfrum, P. Dr., (15) Ohrdruf (Thfiringen) Rfitterstr. 11, Germany.
Anthribidae: of the world.
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WINTER COLLECTING OF COLEOFTERA
Frank M. Beer
Oregon State College
Corvallis, Ore.
The late winter and early spring months "bring days of in¬
activity for many persons who collect "beetles, hut such need not he
the case providing the collector is willing to limber up a few muscles.
A very nice collection of wood-horing insects can he assembled from
December to June by cutting the specimens from their pupal cells. Most
of these insects transform during the late fall and remain in the pupal
chamber until time for emergence in the spring or early summer.
It is quite impossible to give any quick and certain method
for finding the specimens, instructions of '’seek and ye shall find”
being about the soundest advice that could be given. An axe and much
persistence are the primary requisites.
Most of the species attainable will be found in dead scars
on living plants or in plants that have been dead but a year or so.
For the beginner, best success can be obtained by looking for dead areas
on hard wood shrubs or deciduous trees and cutting away about two
inches of the dead wood. Specimens are seldom found pupating deeper in
the wood than this. One observation has been of special value. If
exit holes can be found in the scar, especially if they are not more
than a year or two old, chances are better than fair that further
specimens will be found in the plant. Not all larvae mature in the
same length of time, and the same trees are selected annually by the
females for egg-laying. This is evident from the diverse size of the
larvae occupying certain trees. It would appear that these infested tree**
as a rule, are having a greater struggle to exist than are neighboring
plants, and due to lack of vitality are selected by wood borers. This
loss of vitality is quite probably present before the borers attack,
but regardless of the cause, specific trees are chosen, often to the
complete exclusion of others nearby.
The female deposits her eggs in crevices in the dead wood
scars from where the larvae mine down into the heart wood, Afi®r conjpletr*
ing the larval stage and preparing to pupate, a tunnel is dug close to
the surface of the scar, usually somewhere near the edge, from where
the adult cuts its way out. Where scar tissue extends to ground level
or below, especially in desert regions, specimens will be found pupating
only a short distance above the ground, and often tunnels lead some
distance below the soil surface.
Desert and senidesert plants, as a ru.le» will produce very
fruitful results for that person willing to expend the effort. But
specimens will not be found restricted to desert plants, Trees of our
forests having dear3 a$ar tissue, and th,ose that have been dead from one
to four years will often produce good results. In the higher mountainous
regions, living trees with dead toms will also prodq.ce some nice and often
unusual material.
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Another ve ry profitable procedure is to bring into the laboratory
from collecting trips, limbs and pieces of wood found infested with larvae.
If these are placed where they can be observed, as in flour sacks or paper
bags and the specimens removed as they mature, some very nice things can
be obtained. The writer has kept such material in the laboratory for
sevea *years and specimens still continue to emerge. A number of uncommon
species of insects have been obtained by this method.
As the collector becomes acquainted with the ecological
relationships that exist, he will learn where to look, what to expect,
and he will develop his own skills and abilities, at the same time be¬
coming acquainted with the habits and life histories of each insect,
which, in the end, is one of our primary goals, whether as a hobby or as
a profession.
DEATHS
Reported by H. Flapper ich
Bonn - Germany
F* 3orchmann, Lehrer, Hambur g- Volks dor fr Germany, authority
on the Lagriidae, Alleculidae and Meloeidae of the world, died 19^3
His collection comes to the Hamburger Museum.
H* Eggers, Forstrat i.R. , Bad-Nauheim, Germany, world author¬
ity on Scolytidae, died during the war. The greater part of his
collection will go to the United States.
H. Gebien, Hamburg - Farmsen, Germany, world authority ofl
Tenebrionidae, died :©ctob«s 9r 1947. His collection is in the
Hamburger Museum and in the Frey Collection - Mflnchen.
R. Keberdey,. Dr.,. Zoology Institut of the University Graz -
Austria, authority on the Anthicidae of the world, died April
17, 1945 in Italy. His collection is in the Naturhist. Museum,
Wien I, Burgring, Austria.
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ACT IVE COLSOPTSRISTS
By J. ThfeocLorid&s
The following list gives the name, address and interests of
several Coleopterists with whom I am corresponding which hare not been
inserted before in the BULLETIN. They are listed by countries.
BELGIUM
Francis Lechanteur, Institut de Zoclogie, 22 quai Van Beneden, Liege.
[Clavicornia, especially Cryptophagidae. J
G. Debatisse, rue de Hiliet, Motte-'andre, Liege.
[Palearctic Ceranbycidae. ]
CHILE
R. Gutierrez, San Diego 460, Sector 4 7, Santiago. .
[Coprophagus Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae in general. J
DENMARK
Dr. S. B. Larsen, Universitetct s Zoologiske Museum, Copehhague.
[genera Bledius and Sterrus, Staphylinidae . ]
EGYPT
Dr. M. Hafez, Fouad I University, Abbassia, Cairo.
[Ecology of Dung-beetles.]
FRANCE
Dr. A. Villiers, Section d’Entomologie, I.F.A.H., Dakar (S&n&gal) A.O.F.
[Cerambycidae . ]
J. Mouchet, 90 rue des Martyrs, Paris IS.
[Elateridae. ]
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biography OF FRIEDRICH SRtfST MEtSHEIMER
Compiled 'by R. H. Arnett, Jr.
The life of Friedrich Ernst Melsheimer is one of obscurity, and
poverty. It is also a life story which is little known because of in¬
accuracies in reporting. In order to clearly understand who the man is
we are talking about, we must look first at his geneology.
For this report, I have drawn on the article by Dr. H. A. Hagen
published in the Canadian Entomologist, Volume l6, lgg4. I have assumed
that it is as correct as any now published.
There were three Melsheimers which contributed to our early
history of American Entomology. Thomas Say considers them the fathers
of Entomology in the United States and I believe one, Friedrich Ernst,
to be the first Coleopterist of this country. The elder Melsheimer,
Friedrich Valentin (1749-1814) was a minister and was interested in Ent¬
omology. He published "A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania” in 1806
which contained a list of 1,363 species of beetles. Upon his death, his
eldest son, Johann Friedrich (17S0? - 1829) inherited his collection and
library « After his death, the second son, Friedrich Ernst Melsheimer
( 1782—1873 ) inherted the collection and library.
Apparently Johann Friedrich published nothing on entomology.
It is the second son, Friedrich Ernst, which interests us today because
of his descriptions of beetles.
1
Melsheimer was a country physician and lived near Dover, l4
miles north of Hanover, Pa. Dr. Carl Zimmerman visited his house at one
time and has the following to say about it: "The house, rudely put to¬
gether with boards, painted red, stood all alone in the middle of a forest,
and looked more like a hut. His wife was at the spinning wheel. The
reception was indeed very cordial, and when he heard that his father’s
book was well known and mentioned in German, English and French works,
which he never had dreamt of, he became animated and talked with great
interest on entomological matters and books."
Dr. Melsheimer' s main contribution was t&e revision of his father’s
catalogue. To do this he first very laborously described 431 new species
of beetles. Finally the "Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the U.S.,"
by Fried. Ernst Melsheimer, M.D. revised by S. S. Haldeman and J. L. LeConte,
Washington, 1853» Svo., pp. 174, was published by the Smithsonian Ins¬
titute. The revision had necessitated a long delay after the delivery of
the manuscript. This was the first catalogue of beetles of the new world.
'.Then Dr. Melsheimer was 84, he sold his collection to Prof. L.
Agassiz. The collection had preserved in it the only authentic types of
many of Say's species. At the time of the sale, Prof. Agassiz invited
LeConte to take over into his collection all of the types from Melsheimer ’s
collection. These latter went to the M.C.Z. with the LeConte collection.
It was contained in 4l home-made wooden boxes and sold for $ l^O, In
all there were 4,674 species of Coleoptera with 14,075 specimens.
(Cont. bottom p. 2^)
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BECSITT LITERATURE
[Edited 'by: George E. Ball and Barry D. Valentine, Cornell University,
Ithaca, IT -Y . 3
Mandl, Karl, Die Cicindeliden der Klapper ichchen Sud-China Expedition,
Zentralblatt fdr das Gesamtgebiet der Entomologie, 1 Jarh.,
Keft. 4, pp. 106-109, [1946?]. [Lists 4 genera, 12 species
and 1 alteration. ]
Meschnigg, Josef, Ein neuer Pterostichus Bon aus K&rnten, ibid, 1 Jahr.,
Keft 1, pp. 3031, fig., L194b?J [Carabidae.]
Ein neuer Oryotus Mill . aus Krain (Col. * S ilphidae) carnicolicus
sp. n., ibid, pp. 7S-79, fig*, Ll946? J.
Meyer, Paul, Bembidion studien I., ibid, 2 Jahr., Keft 1, pp. 54-5^, 1947*
[Distribution and new locality records for six species of the
genus. ]
, schiedl, Dr. Karl E., Bestimmungstaballen der palaearktischen Borkenk&fer ,
Tiel I, ibid, 1 Jahr., Keft 1, pp. 1-15 [1946? J] [Keys to the
species of the genus Crypturgus with descriptions of each
species, distribution records and host plants.]
ibid, Part II, Keft II, pp. 50-5^. [Covers the genus
Blastphagus with keys to the species, descriptions of each,
distribution and host plant.]
Uachtrag ftlr Ge s amlit erature der 3orkenk&fer von R. Kleine 1939,
ibid, Keft 1, pp. 32, Keft II, pp. 63-64, Heft III, ppT^b,
Heft IV, pp . 123— 128, Keft V— VI, pp* 185—190, 2 Jahr., Keft. I,
pp . 63—64, [up through nHw]. [ipidae and Platypodidae •.]
Die 3orken£&fer der baltischen Bernsteins, Jahr. II, Keft I,
ppT 12-45, 1947. [Contribution to the morphology and system-
atics of the Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Descriptions of 4
new genera, and l4 new species. Keys. 24 photographs, 1
drawing . ]
(Cont. from p. 27) Dr. LeConte writes the following obituary
of Dr. Melsheimer: ’’Living an isolated life on his farm, remote from
usual lines of travel, dependent almost entirely on letters for . the syn>-
pathy and counsel of his fellow students, separated from libraries con¬
taining the results of modern research, and therefore dependent on the
traditional knowledge received from Europe, which constituted in fact most
of the intellectual capital of the founders of natural history in the United
States, Dr. Melsheimer must be considered as a very remarkable instance of
one, who, with very limited opportunities, has worked honestly, to the ex¬
tent of his abilities, to develop the powers of usefulness which were given
him. Modest, unpretending, affectionate to his family, devoted to his
friends, industrious to the limit of human usefulness, his death at such
an advanced age can only leave, with those who enjoyed his acquaintance,
a satisfaction that they have known so good a representative of the purer
qualities of humanity.1’
EDITOR’S SECTION
By Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
Does the BULLETIN constitute publication? You will notice
stated in the editorial policy printed on the inside front cover, we say
that it is felt that descriptions of new forms, etc. should not he in¬
cluded in this bulletin. We have received several inquiries as to
whether the BULLETIN constitutes publication or not. There is nothing
definite stated in the Code about what printing mediums are considered
as published and what are not. I have consulted with Professor J. Chester
Bradley on this matter and have discovered that this has been considered
at different meetings of the Commission. Apparently there has been no
official statements on this matter, but vre believe it is felt that, in
vi ew of the great number of modern methods of reproduction ranging from
the mimeograph to the typeset printing methods, no definite line could be
drawn to exclude the one method and include the other method of these
multitudinous processes. SO it is doubtful if the code would rule out
new names on the grounds of the medium of publication. We consider this
method of reproduction constitutes publication. HOWEVER, it is HOT the
intention of this publication to publish new descriptions, in spite of
that fact. To publish new names here involves several complications.
First, it is possible to make changes on the stencil, for example, in
reprinting articles, without making n edition” notices. Second, the
printing is done on relatively temporary paper which will age rapidly.
Third, the editions are small. And, fourth, it would defeat the pur¬
pose of the BULLETIN. We feel that the BULLETIN* s chief contribution
is that of being a tool for working with beetles, not an archieve for
the results of this work. For these reasons, we will not attempt pub¬
lication of original descriptions, even though this constitutes publica¬
tion.
Acknowledgements are due to Miss Helen Hill of the Entomology
Library, Cornell University for help in proofreading this edition and
we hope we can impose upon her for the proofreading of future issues.
2 5^ due. A number of subscribers (about 25) owe us 25 ^ be¬
cause of the increase in price which they were apparently unaware of at
the time they subscribed. We are not attempting to send bills to these
people, nor are we cutting down on the number of issues we will send
them. But every little bit helps, and if you recall sending only a
dollar, a few 1 1/2^ postage stamps would be very acceptable.
Mat erial desired for publication in this volume in addition
to exchange notices include: news, reviews, biographies, provisional
keys, techniques and ecological notes.
Last minute news : Dr. Henry Dietrich walked into my office
today (Mar. Sth) fully recovered from his recent illness.
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1T0TICES
WILL DETERMINE: 3unrestidae. Also, exchange or "buy, 3uprestidae,
Scarabaeidae, Cicindelidae. Frank M. 3eer, Botany Department, Oregon
State College, Corvallis, Oregon.
FUKIE1T, CHI1IA Coleoptera for exchange. Desire Ptinidae of the world.
H. Klapperich, Entonologe, Bonn a. Eh., Kaiserstr. 229, GERMANY.
USED FOR REVISIOHAL PURPOSES i Exotic Oedeneridae. R. H. Arnett, Dept,
of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
WILL EXCHA1TGE AITD DETERMINE: Anthribidae and Cicindelidae of N.A. Also
will exchange Cicindelidae from the Solomon Is., Tricondyla and miscell¬
aneous Coleoptera. Barry D. Valentine, 207 Williams St., Ithaca, N.Y.
Ill SECT Pill LABELS. We can again offer you insect pin labels at 50# for
500 or 75# for 1,000. These are printed on heavy bond paper in 4
point type. Prices are for 1 to 4 lines. Also slide labels and
determination labels with ruled boarders. Apply for rates. SHERWOOD PRESS
EUROPEAN COLEOPTERA: Exchange list upon demand. Docteur J. Balazuc,
l6 Avenue de Lowendal, Paris (15), FRAiTCE .
The reader is invited to send exchange notices, desirata, etc. for FREE
publication in this section.
The Coleopterists’
Bulletin
Vol. II, No. 4
EDITOR: Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
Published by THE SHERWOOD PRESS, Dryden, N. Y.
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ARTICLES AND NOTES
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New York. Only material conforming with the editorial policy of this bulletin will be accepted.
The editor reserves the right to reject or change any material not conforming with the stated
editorial policy. Reprints will be furnished only upon request; prices upon application.
EDITORIAL POLICY
TO FOSTER AN INTEREST IN AND FURTHER THE SCIENCE OF COLEOPTEROLOGY BY PRO¬
VIDING A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, A GUIDE TO THE SOURCE OF MATERIAL, NEWS
OF CURRENT PROGRESS, AND TO WORK FOR A UNITY OF SPIRIT AND PURPOSE SHALL BE
THE AIM OF THIS BULLETIN.
Any person may contribute material for this bulletin provided they conform with this
policy. All material thought to be "amateurish" in the sense that it is juvenile will be rejected.
But it is to be distinctly understood that this bulletin is for the serious Amateur as well as for
the Professional, and all are invited to write its pages. Material for this bulletin will be con¬
fined to the field of COLEOPTEROLOGY except in the case of items of a general nature which
would be of interest to Coleopterists. Material written in a light or humorous vein which is not
designed to promote interest in the field of Coleopterology will be rejected. It is felt that de¬
scriptions of new forms, etc., should not be included in this bulletin.
Printed in U.S.A.
VOL. IIt IToT4
THE COLEOPTERI STS 1 BULLETIN
April lggg
METHODS OF COLLECTING AND PRESERVING MAY BEETLES (FHYLLOPHAGA)
By Philip Luginbill
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Agricultural Research Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
The distribution and feeding habits of May beetles are import¬
ant points to be considered in white grup investigations. In order to
make complete distribution studies, it is necessary to have collections
from every part of the United States, and from as great a variety of
situations as practicable. Entomologists of the Bureau of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine prepared the following methods of procedure in
making the collections, and preserving and labeling the specimens. A
sample card upon which pertinent information in connection with the
making of collections is also included.
Beetles are collected in four ways: (l) At street lights;
(2) with trap lanterns placed in selected locations; (3) by following
the plow- - here the beetles must be picked up immediately after the
plow passes, as otherwise they will crawl back into the loose soil, or
will be covered by soil when the next furrow is made; (4) from trees at
night .
The last method is the most desirable. May beetles fly to
the trees at dusk to feed and, as a rule, continue feeding until nearly
daybreak. The trees may be shaken and the falling beetles caught on
white sheets spread under them. Or, provided with flashlight the collect¬
or can throw the light into the foliage, observe the feeding beetles,
and easily collect them. Beetles should be picked from the foliage as
soon as possible after the light is flashed on them, especially on warm,
sultry evenings, or they will fly to the light, making their capture
more difficult.
Different species feed on the foliage of different kinds of
trees. Certain species may feed on but one or two kinds, while other
species may feed on many. The collections from different kinds of trees
should be kept separate. Beetles seem to prefer ash, elm, willow, birch,
oak, hackberry, poplar, linden, locust, and walnut. Some species occur
only early in spring, whereas others appear later, sometimes not until
after the first or middle of July. Collections should therefore be
made at various times from March 1 to the middle of August in the
Southern States, and from April 15 to August 15 in the Northern States.
PRESERVING AND LABELING BEETLES
May beetles may be preserved in 70-percent solution of
alcohol, or in rubbing alcohol slightly diluted with water. Collections
from each kind of tree should be wrapped separately in cheesecloth, and
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th,e edges of the cheesecloth drawn together forming a hag, which should
"be tied with a string to which a label or tag "bearing the collection
data is attached. A similar label or tag should be placed inside the
bag. The data should include the locality, date of collection, collector’s
name, hind of tree from which collection was made, whether the beetles
were taken by trap lantern or flashlight, and any other desirable facts.
Notes should also be made of weather conditions at time of collecting,
and of the location and surroundings, including altitude if possible.
For this purpose, cards may be used. If beetles are pinned, it is
desirable to extrude the sex organs.
(Sample card)
RECORD OF EIGHT COLLECTIOl'TS OF MY BEETLES
No.
Location
Date
Collector
Place Collected from (nursery, open woods, etc.)
Time of collection (S to 9 P*m*J 9 to 11 p.m.) __
Temperature: Air at time of collection
Barometer reading at time of collection
Precipitation (in inches of rainfall) __
; for the day — max. _ ;min.
? altitude
m mm mm rnmmm mm mb mm ■» *
soil
Wind (calm, light air, slight breeze, etc.; use standard meteorological
terms)
Other weather conditions
(clear, partly cloudy, cloudy, etc.; use standard meterological terms)
General activity of beetles:
Inactive — no flying after coming to rest on foliage
Active — flying about when disturbed
Very active — restless, difficult to catch
Record of collections (entered after determinations are made) _
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notes ON THE LIFE HISTORY OF
DITYLUS tffJAPRI COLLI S LECONTE (OEDEMERIDAE)
Richard Guppy
During the winder of 1944-45 I found many larvae of Ditylus
quadricollls LeC. in very old wet logs buried in the swampy ground.
The wood was in this instance all red cedar, (Thuja plicata) . I kept
a good deal of this wood and on breaking some open the following
October, found that most of the insects had completed their transfor¬
mation. A few larvae remained, probably a younger batch, but I saw
no pupae or tenereal adults.
It thus appears that the beetles complete their development
during the late summer and remain inactive in their pupal cells over
winter. This is a life cycle common to many species of Coleoptera.
All my records of Ditylus quadr icollis LeC. taken while active are for
the month of May. Most were collected while running over swampy
ground, or under logs in wet places. Evidently these beetles were
intent on oviposition. Only one was found on flowers, cultivated
spirea.
I have also been able to show that Ditylus spp. may remain
in the larval stage over three years. During March 1946 I found one
larva in a very wet, rotten fir log, Judging from its size, and fron
the season when the beetles ordinarily breed, it must have been at
least a year old when found. It did not pupate until the summer of
1947. I obtained the adult recently, but no doubt owing to the pupa
having been disturbed, it was deformed, with aborted elytra and is not
determined. It may be in view of the different wood in which it was
found, some other species, but probably there is little difference in
the life history.
These larvae are soft white grubs, the development of the
legs is similar to that found in common Scarabaeid larvae, but the
abdomen is carried straight behind, and tapers nearly to a point.
COLEOPTERORUM CATALOGUS, Junk/Schenkling
SUPPLEMENTS.
The monumental "COLEOPTEROBUM CATALOGUS” was completed in 19^0
under the able editorship of the late Dr • S* Schenkling. Commenced as
long ago as 1910 it is natural that many of the parts are now out of
date and incomplete. It is therefore the intention of the publishers
Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, to publish supplements. These will be issued
in parts like the main catalogue and will be subsequently arranged
into volumes in systematic order.
I am very anxious to secure the fullest cooperation of the
authors of parts of the main catalogue in the preparation of the
supplements and I would be glad if they could let me know as soon as
possible whether they are prepared to undertake this additional work in
connection with the parts already prepared by them, and any new
families they feel able to undertake in addition. It is intended to
include not only additional genera and species published since the
date of the main catalogue but also to compile full lists of subsequent
references to those genera, species and higher categories already-
recorded in the catalogue. It will be necessary also to supplement
the references in the main catalogue by those omitted from tne earlier
parts and to make major corrections in nomenclature, synonymy and dis¬
tribution. Supplements already recorded in the main catalogue should
be omitted and also small corrections of minor importance.
In order to achieve uniformity the supplements should con¬
tain reference up to the end of 19^7 only. A further series of
supplements will be contemplated at a later date. The arrangements
of the supplements should follow the method adopted by Professor
Scheerpeltz for the Staphylinidae II (Supplementary parts 129, 130 -
1933-3^) • These supplements will serve as a pattern for the compilew-
tion of the new supplements indicating the method to be adopted in the
arrangement and in the page references etc. to the main catalogue.
During the years which have elapsed since 1910 a rahter
large number of the original authors have died and it will be necessary
to find new workers to replace them. Should any of the present
authors feel able to take over one or several families of the work in
addition to their ov/n such cooperation would be most gratefully
received and I trust they will let me know at the earliest possible
moment. The honorarium offered to each author is Pour Pounds per
sheet (of l6 pages) •
As the supplements should appear in quick succession it is
hoped that the authors will commence their labours immediately and
communicate with me at once, if possible indicating when their contri¬
butions are likely to be completed and sent in for publication.
Please forward your reply without delay to the Editor,
Coleopterorum Catalog! Supplemental
W. D. HI1TCKS,
Manchester Museum, The University,
Manchester 13 1 England.
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KEIIYON FIELD CHAI3ERLAIN
The untimely death of Kenyon Field Chamberlain on Dec. 4, 1947,
has interrupted an important work on the Coleoptera* a revision of the
extremely difficult genus Kelophorus. Ke was engaged in the continuation
of the work of the late Fred E. Vinters of California on this genus.
Ke was horn in Cornwall, Conn., on July 12, 1893- He attended
the preparatory school of Rockridge in Wellesley Hills, Mass.; studied
two years at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and graduated from
Columbia University in 191S. He was tax collector of the Town of Corn¬
wall and served a term in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1923 . He
was appointed Assistant Entomologist to the State of Hew York in May,
1926, and served until ill health confined him to his home in Mav of
1947.
Students of the Coleoptera are the losers because the routine
duties of his position prevented the publication of his knowledge of
this order of insects, especially the species and habits of the water
beetles in which groups he was particularly interested.
He was a fine collector and a delightful field companion and
correspondent. As a preparator his work was excellent and his technique
in the preparation of Kelophorus genitalia might well be studied by
others. Among his other accomplishments he was a very good photographer.
I feel that death has taken an untimely toll from the knowledge
of the Coleoptera and cut short the thorough and careful investigations
that were being made by him. I have lost an esteemed frient and
correspondent .
C« A. Frost,
Framingham, Mass.
CORRECTIONS
Vol . II, p. 17, (Cantonnet & Thfeodoridfes) biotopes instead of biotypes .
Vol. II, p. 26, Gutierrez: Coprophagous.
E.3. Larsen: Stenus not Sterrus.
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EECS1IT LITERATURE
[Edited -by: George E. Ball and Barry D. Valentine, Cornell University,
Ithaca, H.Y . ]
Bechvne. J., Hotulae ad cognitionem specierum generis Timarcha Latr.
XI, (Col. Phytophaga) - Chrysomelidae, Casopis Ceskoslovenske
Spolecnost, Entomologicne, Acta Societatis Entomologicae
Cechosloveniae, June 19^7, Vol. XL IV, pp* 3”9*
Passat i, M., Be essent ionihus systematicis specie : Bernhidion, Dudichi
Cs. et adno tat iones ad spec ini ini propria (Col. Cur.) . idem:
pp. 9-1^
Jedliena, A., Uouveaux Car ah ides du Monde, (Col .) , idem: pp. 15-20.
» [Keys to species of Kaptoderus found in Asia Minor; keys to
species of Leoidromius Jedl . j~
KrAl. J., Ad Kalticidarum Paunae Cesho-slovakiae, Cognitionem addit amen¬
tum III , ( Col . Phytophaga)^ idem: pp . 21-26.
Kult, K. , The 3rd study to the knovrledge of Tr ihus Clivinini, (Col .
Carah . ) , idem: pp. 26-37 •
Mylnar, Zd.,Fova inventa Carah idarum in Cechoslovakia, idem: pp . 55*“
59 •'
Rouhal, J. , Sur Trois Hares Coleopteres - Hivernaux Prigois, idem:
597166.
Kavelka, J., ITotulae ad cognitionem distrihut ionis Coleopterorum non-
nullorum mimus frequent ium fam. Staphylinidae in regionihus
nostris collectorum, idem: 53-55*
Bechynfc, j., Ad notat iones ad cognitionem specierum Americae central!
generis Chalcophana Chevrl . , ("Col* Phytoph. Eumolp.), idem:
pp. 81-S5*
Gunther, V., Hemargues sur les Coccinellides avec descript iones de
quatres formes nouvelles (Col« Coccinel.), idem: pp. S5"^7*
Have, Lka J. , Addimenta ad distrihut ion em geographicam nonnullorum
Coleopterorum in Cechoslovakia, idem .
Heyrovsky, L., Sur la variahilite de 1* espece Evodinus interrogations
L. (Col ♦ Ceramhycidae) . , idem: 87-90*
Meschnigg, J., Two new Bernhidion Latr. from the Balcans, (Col . Car.)
idem: pp. 91-96* 1 pi • » 5 figs*
Pfeff er, A. , Le He suit at de quelques voyages entomologiques flans la
region mediterraneenne, (Col . Scol.) idem: pp. 126-129#
Rouhel. J., Coleoptera, nouvae faunae hohemkae ( pars 47), idem:
pp. I3O-I32.
Passati, M., Fotsra inventa Carahidarum in Bohemia et Silesia, idem :
pp .T2I- 1227
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Chamherlain, K. F . , On. the use of Diethylene Glycol in the preparation
of halsam mounts of the male genitalia of certain Coleoptera,
Bull. Brook Ent. Soc., 42: 126-130 , 1947 .
Heifer, J. R., ITo t e s on three Bupr est idae , idem: p. l4o» [[notes on type
of Chrysohothris suhpica Schieffer, 1904. ]
Potts, R.W.L., The Scarahaeid Genus Geo trupes and its type, Pan— Pacific
Entomologist, 24: 23^2& , '1948.
Leach, E. R., E iography of Frederick William Nunenmacher, idem: pp. I-5.
Silvestri, F., Distr ihuzione geographica del Micromalthus dehilis LeConte,
( » Micromal thidae") , Eollett ino della Societa Entomologica
I taliana, 73: pp. 1-2, I9I+I.
Straneo, S. L., Sulla distrihuzione ela variahilita del Percus DeJeani
Dej., (Col . Carahidae), idem.
Elhmann, E., Zv;ei neue Dactylispa - Arten Afrikos, (Col. Chrys.) idem:
pp. 5-7.
Binaghi, G. , A proposito del Paussus cyrenaicus Fiori (Col. Paussidae),
idem: pp. 23-27.
Straneo, S. L., Nanva specie del Gen. Bathynoproctus, Tschit, (Col.
Carahidae) , idem; pp. 28-29.
Gagliardi, A., Coleotten Acquatici Nouvi per La Toscana, idem: pp. 35-
3S . —
Binaghi , G., Gli Apparat i Genitali Dell Agrypnus notodonta Latr „ E
Descrizione di une nouva specie di Agrypnus dell Africa””
settfentr ionale, (Col . : Elat.), i dem~: pp. 68-7^
Falzoni, A., Int erno Agli Orotrechus delli Altipiano dei sette comuni
(Col . Carahidae) , idem; 'pp.Ti-75-
Magistretti, M • , Contrihuto cella conoseenza degli Oedemerid, Paleartici
IV, idem: pp . 70-77 •
Binaghi, G., Revis ione dei tipi di S. candeze delle collezioni del
Museo di Genova, (Col . E later idae) , Idem: pp . 83-S9 .
Arnett, R. H.# Coleoptera Notes II: Silphidae, Can. Ent., 79:, pp. 110-
113, 1957: —
Hicks, S. +*. , Additional Hotes on Coleoptera taken in Essex County of
Southern Ontario, idem: pp. 117-119*
J eannel , R . , Revision des Amaurops et genres voisins (Pselaphidae) ,
Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 15: 1-19* 1948.
Basilewsky, P., Coleopt eres Harpalides Nouveaux du Museum National d*
Historie Naturalle, II I, idem: pp. 30-38.
Cameron, Malcom, New Snecies of Staphylinidae from Africa, idem: pp.
39-1+3. — ■ ‘
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Straneo, S. L., Quatre Pterostichides Fouveaux des Indes Orientales, idem;
pp. 43-U'5 .
Knowlton, G. E. , Silpha feeding on Dead Bees, Ball. Brook. Ent. Soc.,
42: 125, iM* .
Leech. Hugh B.f Some Fearctic Species of Palpicorn Hater Beetles, Few
and oldTTColeo-otera: hydrophilidae) , The Hasmann Collector,
7T3P+6, WsT
Eranciscolo, Mario, Una ITuova varieta di Mordellistena humeral is L. Note
sui For dell ini Italiani (Col. Keteromera) , Bulletina della
Societa Entomologica Italiana, 73? 127-128.
Binaghi, G., Due ITuove specie di Anommatus della regione Alpina, (Col.
Colydiidae) , idem: pp. 137-143 •
I ,
Bar a j on, M. , Note Intorno ai Laemostenus I tediani una ITuova Razz a del
Laemost enus schreiher si Kust , idem : , pp. l47-l:)0.
Binaghi, G. , Larve e pupe di Chilocorini note sistematiche e morfologia
degli apparati genital i, (Coll' Coccinellidae) Memorie della
Societa Entomologica Italiana, vol . 20 ", 194i , Ease. I, pp*
19-36 •
Koch, C., Contrihuto alia conoscenza del genera Ilitotigenia Rtt., (Col.
Tenehr.), idem; pp • 37-42.
t
Solani, E. , Revisione dei Neoplinthus Italiani ed alcune note di sistem-
atica generale dei Curculionidi, (Cole op ter a) , idem: pp . 43-
90.
Gagliardi, A., Contrihuto alia conoscenza della fauna coleopterologica
To scana ( Carahidae), idem: pp, 91-96 •
Binaghi, G., GU studi preimaginali del Puhlus auritus Thunh. e dello
Seymnus rufipes Eabr. morfologica notizie ecologiche ed
apparat i genital i^ (“Col . Coccinellidae) . idem.
Binaghi, G. , EL Drasterius himaculatus Rossi in Italia, con not a di
sistematica sui Drasterius palearctici~Tc°l ElateridaejT
idem : , pp . l62-lS4.
Gerini, E., Contrihuti alio studio delle forme larval i degli stafilinido
larva di Paederus litoralis Grav. , idem, pp. 184-190 .
Magistretti, M., Contrihuto alia Conoscenza degli Oedemeridi paleartiei,
V, gli Oedemeridi della collezione hodero, 21, pp- 5-20 , 1942 .
Straneo, S.L., Revisione dei Caelostomini Africa, (Col . Carahidae) , idem;
pp . 21-164.
Binaghi, G. , Importanza agiaria dell 'Agriotes litigiosus Rossi, (Col .
Elateridae) . idem.
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editor 's SECTION
By Ross K. Arnett, Jr.
Recently I received from Alan M. Easton the following re¬
print: MAn addition to the Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) ? Annals
and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 11, vol. xiv, p. 60, January,
19^7. In this paper he describes the species Meligethes simplipes
fromOxford, Ohio, in flowers of Ruhus canadensis . In addition, he
offers the following key to the suhgenus Meligethes, s. str. which
you may wish to add to your copy of Parsons 1943 revision:
Key to Nearctic species.
1. Upper surface, except scutellum smooth between punctures. Black... 2
Upper surface between punctures, finely microscopically, reticul¬
ate. Colour greenish, bluish, to black . . 3
2. Anterior tibiae strongly serrate . . saevus.
Anterior tibiae finely, slightly irregularly, denticulate.
seminulum.
3. Punctures of elytra as large as eye facets, separated by one to
one and a half diameters; colour darker, including legs, and
less shining; less convex . 4
Punctures of elytra slightly larger than eye facets, separated by
two and a half diameters; colour lighter greenish blue, very
shining, legs lighter; distinctly more convex . simplipes.
4. Explanate margins of prothorax extending from base to apex.
aeneus .
Explante margin of prothorax not reaching the base., mutatus.
Notes on De jean Catalogues.- In the Feb. issue I mentioned
in the Dejean biography some dates of the Dejean catalogues, which Mr.
H. S. Barber has kindly pointed out to me as being erroneous. I would
kike to pass this information on to you as a correction in the bio¬
graphy. The great fire of 1835 which destroyed the unsold stock of
parts 1, 2, 3* and 4 of the edition which usually carries the title
page dated 1833 (with figure of a Cetonia) and copy for part 5 which
was probably then in press, forced Dejean to publish his revised edi¬
tion, four parts of which appeared in I836 while part 5 with 1837 title
page, index and preface appeared early in 1837 ♦ Part 5 was then re¬
printed with changed pagination and signature numerals, for addition
to and completion of the four parts of the "1833" edition which had
been printed and extensively sent to subscribers during 1833* 1834 and
1835 prior to the fire. Many copies of the n1833n catalogue are there¬
fore available and hold priority over the 1836 (parts 1-4) catalogue
but part 5 of both catalogues (containing most of the Chrysomelidae)
dates in 1837 with the part in the "1833" edition subsequent to that
in the ,,1837,, edition.
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THE COLECPTERI ST S 1 BULLETIN
Vol . II, No. 5
May, 19^8
WHY AND V/HEREFORE OF FRENCH COLEOPTEROLOGY
By Dr. R. Paulian
( Tananarive-T simbazaza, Madagascar)
Uh.il e in England, in Germany, in Italy, and in America, the
efforts of the entomologists - amateurs or professionals - have Been
distributed fairly equally between the different orders of insects,
entomology, in France, has always been mostly Coleopterology . The
reasons for this are numerous and may be of interest.
First, Most French entomologists (at least 99$) are amateurs
and belonging to all social classes, many are far from rich. To such
the study of a group needing a microscope, or expensive books, is im¬
possible, no specialist of Lepidoptera or Collembola among them. Next,
until quite recently, there was no specialized training in entomology,
so the study of difficult groups, supposing a knowledge of morphology
(the Odonata or the Coccids for example) was not easily accessible.
Then, most amateur entomologists were, first and last, men with
the collecting hobby; they collected insects as they collected stamps,
pictures or egyptian mummies; they were interested in such insects as
were easy to collect, to prepare, to keep, and spectacular. No Diptera
for them.
Practical entomology, while France may boast of such men as
Marchal, is of very slight interest in an old country where agriculture
is nearer gardening than industry. So the study of Aphids appealed to
very few.
And the "coleopterization" of the French entomologists was an
autocatalytic process. As more French amateurs devoted themselves to
Coleoptera, they prepared more keys and monographs, they explored every
inch of their country. So Coleopterology became the best known branch
of entomology. Many books, from 17S1 onwards, have given a general
picture of the French fauna of Coleontera; Mulsant, Fairmaire, Acloque,
Fauconnet, Bedel and his collaborators, Barthe and his, Remy Perrier,
the "Faune de France", Portevin, or of a province of France, Caillol for
example. Only two or three books were devoted to Lepidoptera or to
Kemiptera, none till the recent "Faune de France" covered the Diptera.
The French entomologist disposes of an excellent "Catalogue des
Coleopteres de France" no other order of Insects has the same. There
is in my book "Les Coleopteres" a summary of the biology of Coleoptera;
only Orthoptera have been treated on the same plan in France. France
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may "boast of the first Coleopterological journal: "Le Coleopteriste" which
though short-lived, had a serious influence.
The greatest names of French entomology, Latreille, Lacordaire,
Mulsant, Blanchard, Bedel, Jeannel were or are Coleopterists, they
contributed to the specialisation of the Entomological collections of
the Paris National Museum of Natural History.
The Coleopterological collections of that Museum are, with the
recent accessions, at least equal to those of the British Museum, the
first in the world 'til now. An amateur group, the "Coleopteristes de
la Seine" grouping over 200 members in Paris alone, work in connection
with the Museum. It has meetings, quite informal but most dynamic, and
it arranges collecting trips, either collective, or in small groups. It
has organized a general survey of the fauna of caves, mammal nests, and
so on . . .
So the undifferentiated entomologist has every opportunity of /
becoming a Coleopterist, very few opportunities of becoming something
else. Naturally, all the time, some entomologists refused to follow the
general direction and worked in other branches. Many of them were quite
excellent, but they nearly always have been free-lances; at least, they
had no following. At the present time as soon as the young Coleopterist
starts working he find help. A series of magazines: local ones, working
in connection with a local society or Museum, then elementary ones, the
most read being "L' Entomologist e" with over 700 readers. Then, when he
begins to know something about beetles, "La revue francaise d'Entomologie" .
Le "Bulletin et les Annales de la Societe entomologique de France.
"Revue de Zoologie, agricole et d'Entomologie appliquee.", etc...
These magazines are not specialized, but as 75$ at least of their
readers are Coleopterists, they publish mostly Coleopterology; and their
columns are open to all workers. All of them, even the most highbrow,
publish short notes from young amateurs as well as important papers on
the segments of the head by University authorities.
The library of the "Societe Entomologique de France" founded in
1832, is the largest coleopterological library in the world. It is open
to all members of the Society and can undertake, either to send micro¬
films or to send the paper themselves, to all members living outside of
Paris and needing them for their work. The library of the Museum National
d'Histotre Naturelle is also open to the public. And the microfilm
organization of the Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique enables
anybody to get practically any paper.
So the young coleopterist finds every thing ready for him; a
friendly association, magazines starting from the very begining, an
easily accessible library, a lot of books and catalogues. I believe,
from rersonal experiences, that these last: faunas, books, catalogues, are
the most important incentives to the choice of coleopterology by so
many young Frenchmen. So I can only applaud the effort of the "Coleopter¬
ists' Bulletin" to do the same for America.
May 194s
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DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN LUCANIDAE
y
Dorothy McKey-Fender
McMinnville, Oregon
The distribution of the species of the family Lucanidae
occuring in Oregon exhibit a close and interesting correlation with
some biotic communities of this region. A transect running in a
general est-west direction across northern Oregon cuts thrpugh a variety
of communities, the author’s observations including stations ranging
from coastal sand and bog seres, across the Coast range forests and
the Willamette, the pine forests of the Cascade range, and the forests
and watercourses of the Ochoco and Blue mountains, to a wooded canyon
tributary to the Burnt river in the extreme eastern part of the state.
The role of the larvae of this family appears everywhere to be the
same — i.e., distintergrat ion of decaying wood — and each community in
which such niches are important may be characterized by one or more
species.
At Pacific City, in drift along the strand, the only lucanid
fouhd was Platycerus aeneus VanDyke, a species characteristic of the
Coast forests. This is as would be expected, since the drift insects
are mostly specimens which have been blown to sea by offshore winds and
then washed up on the beach. In the zone of driftwood and embryonic
dunes an occasional dead Platycerus keeni Casey may be found, but this
area is unstable, being influenced by storms, and the soil salinity is
still rather high (up to .2 fo) • It is behind the young dunes in the
zone of wandering dunes that P. keeni belongs. Such dunes may be
largely held by decaying logs (species undetermined), many of which
are found to be pulpy and riddled with work of Platycerus larvae and
termites. As the dunes become mature and support a coniferous growth
(Sitka spruce-lodgepole pine) Ij). keeni is no longer found. Near Sand
Lake, where there is an exceptionally well developed series of old
dunes, P. thoracicus Casey has been taken on the xeric faces and tops
of these dunes, while P. aeneus is present in the mesic draws between
the dunes (Douglas fir-Sitka spruce-hemlock) . The more advanced stages
of the bog sere at the head of Sand Lake approach the climax forest
(Hemlock-cedar) and here also P. aeneus as well as the rarer P. laticollis
Casey is found.
Both of these species, together with Ceruchus striatus LeC.
characterize the extensive late sub-climax forest (Douglas fir-hemlock)
of Saddle mountain near Boyer, Lincoln county, where the larvae of C.
striatus have been taken in rotten hemlock logs and those of the
Platycerus in humus and soil samples as well as rotten hemlock logs.
The occurence of the larvae in soil is possibly accounted for by the
fact that the soil here may contain fragments of rotten wood of hemlock
and Douglas fir.
On the eastern slopes of the Coast range as exemplified by
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44
Peavine Ridge and Baker Creek valley near McMinnville, the Douglas Fir-
hemlock forests have been much disturbed by logging. Here deciduous
trees, especially large-leaf and vine maples and alder along the streams,
come into prominence and Platycerus oregonensis Westwood is characteristic.
The author has taken larvae of this species in rotten wood of Acer
macrophyllum. In the oak savannah of the lower hills and in the farm
and pasture lands of the valley floor, Sinodendron rugo sum Mann, occurs.
It has been reported from oak, alder and willow and the author has also
found it associated with aged cherry trees. Along the Willamette
river at Dayton (ash-willow-cottonwood) Platycerus marginal is Casey is
characteristic and in the valley wood lots, which are the same forest
type as the eastern Coast range slope, F« oregonensis again appears.
On the west slope of the Cascades above Stayton, a location that is
very similar to the Willamette valley as a whole but which has eome
Cascade elements and is well above the valley floor, P. viriditinctus
Benesh has been taken. This species is yet known only from the types.
In the Mt. Rood national forest along the Wapinitia cut-off
highway Cerchus punctatus LeC. represents this family, here being found
in ponderosa pine logs.
At Maupin, in the Ochoco and Blue mountains, and at Durkee in
the extreme eastern part of the state, P. marginal is again is taken.
Aside from the occurence here of Populus, the host tree, other coleoptera
indicate a closer relationship between these areas and the Willamette
flood plain than would be suspected from their wide geographical
separation. The latter location in particular represents, in a cool
canyon along Cave creek, a small Douglas fir woods area strikingly
resembling Willamette valley woods.
Although each of the above biotic communities is characterized
by a multiplicity of floral and faunal elements, the Lucanidae, being
closely associated with key species of trees in each, themselves may
stand as community indicators.
NEWS
During Spring Quarter 1948 Dr. Melville H.
Hatch is giving an informal seminar in the study of
the Coleoptera at the University of Washington. Such
topics as the nature of the taxonomic categories, the
rules of nomenclature, bibliographic methods, coleop-
terological literature, the origin and evolution of the
Coleoptera, and the history of coleopterology are being
discussed.
May 1948
45
ON COLLECTING BEETLES IN WASHINGTON
“by
Melville H. Hatch
University of Washington
The following fragmentary notes have been prepared to provide
a few suggestions as to when and where beetle collecting may he profitably
done in ^asnington. The state is unequally divided into dry Eastern and
damp Western portions by the Cascade Mountains.
Western Washington
Throughout the lowlands of Western Washington the best
collecting month is May, with June almost as good, and July and August
progressively less favorable. The gravel beaches of the larger streams
provide characteristic Carabidae and the eddies and pools along the
margins of streams characteristic fluviatile Dytiscidae. Willows
and poplars along rivers freguently furnish characteristic Chrysomelidae,
etc. Characteristic Cicindelidae, Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Histeridae,
Scarabaeidae, and Curculionidae occur on sea beaches, the beaches
facing the open ocean being a bit more productive than those along
Puget Sound. Search under rocks in the spray of water-falls for the
fine Platysma johnsoni Ulke. I have taken it at Multnomah Falls,
Oregon, and at Green River Gorge northeast of Enumclaw, where several
small falls cascade over the south wall of the canyon. The collector
in the lowlands is encouraged to sample numerous different situations,
as a few nev; things are likely to be added at each place.
Washington is especially notable for its alpine collecting
and Paradise Park at 5,000 feet elevation on the south slope of Mt.
Rainier is the most famous of its alpine collecting grounds. A collect¬
ing permit should be obtained from the park Naturalist at Longmire or
by mail before entering the park. Boulevard-like scenic roads lead both
to Paradise Park and to Yakima Park (elev. 6,000 ft.) on the north side
of the mountain. July is the best month v/ith August nearly as good.
Endemic alpine Cicindelidae, Carabidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae, Elater-
idae, Scarabaeidae, Etc. are common under stones and logs in and by the
alpine meadows, in the animal dung, and under stones by the stream
margins. Beat the evergreen trees at Paradise Park in July for Chry¬
somelidae, Cuculionidae, endemic Elateridae, etc. Stop at the Nisqually
Glacier Bridge and look under stones by the river margin for the beauti¬
ful large purple Nebria piperi Van D. Road-side flowers yield Cerambyc-
idae and the meadow at Longnire is worth sweeping. Yakima Park is a
good deal drier than Paradise Park, not being on the main slope of the
mountain, but collecting is good, including the common endemic Eleodes
indentata Blais, not found at Paradise Park. Mt. Baker is likewise
reached by a good road and provides worthwhile collecting. Mt. Adams
is approached from Toppenish on the east. I have never been there.
In the Olympic Mountains most of my collecting has been at Olympic
Hot Springs at 2,000 feet elevation south of Port Angeles. It provides
interesting streamside and flower collecting in July and August. The
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endemic carabid, Scaphinotas angusticollis subsp. olympiae Van D. is
common and Platysma (Kypherpes) nigrocoaruleus Van D. is not rare. A
stiff three and one-half mile hike takes one to Alpine Meadows at
Boalder Lake.
Eastern Washington
Continuing with alpine situations in Eastern Washington there
is Mt. Spokane, elevation 5:^00 feet, northeast of Spokane and climbed by
a good automobile road. There is C-oodnan Springs in the Blue Mountains
east of Walla Walla traversed by a passable road that runs for several
miles at about 5>000 feet elevation and there is Mt . Bonaparte east of
Tonasket. The latter is climbed only by a long hike, but the collector
has the possibility of finding the Very rare Miscodera arct ica Payk.
(Carabidae) .just below the 7.26 7 foot summit. June and July are the
collecting months for these Eastern Washington alpine situations.
Late April to Early May is the time to sweep the sage-brush
for its characteristic Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae and Chrysomelidae.
The same season and later is the time to collect in the river bottoms
and along the beaches of the Columbia and Snake Rivers for Carabidae and
Cicindelidae on the ground, Chrysomelidae on the willows. Do not
neglect the occasional sand dunes for their characteristic Tenebrionidae
and Kisteridae. Portions of the margin of Moses Lake and other lakes
furnish rich collecting, and excellent ground, beetle collecting is
provided by the shores of Dry Falls Lake just below the Dry Falls in the
Grand Coulee. The shores of Soap Lake yield an abundant and characteristic
fauna of Carabidae, Kisteridae, Anthicidae, etc., and the waters of
Lenore Lake and other alkaline lakes in the Grand Coulee yield character¬
istic Dytiscidae. The lightly timbered areas near Cle Elun (elev. 2,000
ft.) about the first of May have provided plenteous Carabidae and Tene¬
brionidae under logs and branches on the ground and interesting beating
on the conifers. Turnbull slough near Cheney has given excellent collect¬
ing the end of May. Kewman Lake east of Spokane is famous for the occa¬
sional occurrence of the very rare Cychrus rickseckeri LeC. By July
in Eastern Washington the lowland collecting will be largely confined to
the immediate vicinity of lakes and rivers.
Such is a most fragmentary account of beetle collecting in
Washington. Happy hunting to those who cornel
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DEATH 1T0TICE
I have recently learned of the death of
Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff of Munchen-Posing in his
79th year on December 6, 1945* Verhoeff is known
principally for his taxonomic work in myriapods and
terrestrial isopods, but was likewise the author of
some papers on beetle morphology. - Melville H. Hatch.
May 194s
47
RECENT LITERATURE
Barr, William F., A New Genus and Species of Buprestidae from Southern
CaliforniaTColeoptera) , Ent. News., 59: 69—7 2, “Mar.," 1948.
Knull, J. N., New Species of Agrilus with Notes (Buprestidae and Eucnem-
idae), Ent. News, 59: 72-75. Mar". 1948 . ““
Blake, Doris H., Six New Species of West Indian Chrysomelidae, (Coleo-
pt era) , Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc., 50 : 121-127, May 194s .
Robinson, Mark, A N ew Spec ie s of Anaides from Peru (Scarahaeidae 1
ColeopteraJ, Ent. News, 59: 35—3^7 Feb7~ l^+gT
Robinson, Mark, A ilew Species of Canthon from Venezuela [Scarabaeidae].
Ent. News, 59: 37, Feb . 194g .
Knowlton, G. F., and S. L. Wood, Utah Buprestidae, Ent. News. 59: 4l-45.
Feb. 194s.
Pickford, Grace E., Derallus altus (LeConte) , A Southern Water Beetle
in New Jersey, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 7 5& : 53- 54 ," Mar . 1 94g .
Antoine, M., Notes D’Entonologie Marocaine, XLVII. Les Stenosis du
groupe fulvipennis (Col. Tenebrionidae) , Rev. Franc. D^nt..
14: 277- 29S, 194S. ~
Dewailly, Ph., Revision du genre Sphodroxia Kraatz (Col. Scarabaeidae) ,
Rev. Franc. D’Ent., 14: 302-310, 194g.
Lepesme, P., Les Stenaspini Africains (Col. Cerambycidae) , ReV. Franc.
D 1 Ent . , T4 : 310-317. 1948.
Rapp, William F., Jr., The Number of Gastric Caeca in some Larval
Scarabaeoidea, Can. Ent., 79": l45-l47, Ju.ly-.Aug7,- 1947", [l94g],
Hicks, S. D., Add it ional Notes on Coleoptera taken in Essex County and
Southern Ontario, Canada, Can. Ent. , 79: I4g-T4^. Julv-Au“
WTTisWi:
Hopping, George R., Notes on the Seasonal Development of Medetera aldrichii
(Diptera, Dolichopidae) as a_Predator of the Douglas Fir Bark-
Beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopk in s"Tl ) , Can ♦ Ent. 79:
150-153. July-Aug. , 1947, Ll94g J. T
Normand, Dr. K., Remar oues sur les carpet ores sexules de l’Habrocerus
capillar icornis Grav.*^ [Col. $taphylinidae j, L'Entonologiste,
3: 18-20, 1947.
Bonadona, P., Observations sur le mouvenpnt des fouets des Carabides,
L’Entomologiste, 3: 62^64, 1947,
Guignot, F., Chasses aux Hydrocanthares dans les Pyrenees, L’Entomologiste
3: 110-112, "T947.
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Cantonnet, Dr. F. , et Ch. Lecordier, Note biolpgigue sur
en foret d’Andaine (Orne) , L’Entomologiste, 3: 134-136,
Gauret. J., Toujours a nronos de Galerucella lateola, L’Entomologiste,
3: 13^-137, 1947. "■
Jarrige, J., Les Goerius de France et de Belgique, L’Entomologiste,
3: 145-156, 1947. '
Barbier, J. , Observations sar les mo ears de Rhipidias pectinicornis
Thumbg. et descript ion de sa larve pr inair e,' (Col. Rhipiphor-
idae) , L’Entomologiste, 3* 1 62-130, 1947 .
Iablokoff , A. Kh. , Deux captures de Carabiques dans la foret de la Ste-
Baume, L’Entomologiste, 3* 18^135* 1947 •
Balachov/sky, A. , Biologie et degats de Ceutorrhynchus macula-alba Kerbst .,
Curculionidae nuisible aux cultures d’Oeillette, L’Entomologiste,
3: 208-212,^9^
Bourgin, Pierre, Considerations sur une forme nouvelle d’ Archicarabus
nemoralis Illig . , (Col . Carabidae) , L’Entomologiste, 3* 212—
215, 1947-
Sellier, Robert, et Pierre Razet, Une anomalie c ephalo- thor ac i que chez
Lucanus cervus Linne, L ’Entomologist e~ 3^ 223—225, 1947 •
Morere, A., Notes sur une localite nouvelle ou pea connue:_ Region de
Mont lhery ( S .-et-0 . ) , L’Entomologiste, 3*. 228-230, 1947*
Jarrige, J. , Sur la capture de deux Staphylinides en foret de Fontaine-
bleau, L’Entomologiste, 3 > 232-233, 19^7 •
Mequignon, A., Bibliographie geographique des Coleopteres de France . ^
Guide du Coleo-oteriste en France (2nd partie), L’Entomologiste,
37^42^246, 1947.
Brundin, Lars, Microdota— Studien, (Col . Stapnylinidae) , Entomologisk
Tidskrift, 69: 8-66, pis. 1-13 » 1948.
Palm, Thure, Coleopterfaunan i jfimtiandsk lavgranskog. II. Mark fauna
och flygande skalbagger, Entomologisk Tidskrift, 69: 72-93*
May 1943
49
The Society of Syster.atic Zoologists
The Society of Systematic Zoologists was organized in Chicago
on 29 December 1947 at a meeting attended hy sixty-six systematist s .
JalciO L. Schmitt was elected president. A council of seven outstanding
taxonomists has been elected by the membership. These are:
Richard Blackw.c?.der
Alfred E. Emerson
E. Raymond Hall
C. P. W. Musebeck
Orlande Park
Alfred S. Romer
Hobart M. Smith
The object of the society shall be to promote the interests
of taxonomy and systematic zoology. In carrying out this object it is
proposed that the society obtain a voice in national scientific circles;
that it exert its influence on taxonomic matters in national and inter¬
national meetings; that it sponsor discussion or study groups to increase
in the fundamental aspects of taxonomy; that it serve as a clearing-house
to obtain discussion, study, and support of projects of interest or
importance to taxonomists; and that it help bring taxonomists together
for mutual benefit by issuing directories and news letters, encouraging
the exchange of ideas, and holding an informal annual meeting for per¬
sonal contact.
At present 286 charter members have been enrolled in the
society. At the organizational meeting it was decided to enroll charter
members until the time of the next meeting. Any one interested in sys¬
tematic zoology is urged to request application blanks from the Secretary,
G. V. Wharton, Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
The next meeting of the society will be held at 10:00 AfM., 12
September 1948 in Washington, D.C.
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NOTICES
McKey-Fender, Dorothy, Route 3, McMinnville, Oregon.
Study: World Cantharis (Cantharidae) and desire material.^ ^
Determine: N. A. Cantharis (except Division I of Green, 1941).
INSECT BOXES: For sale, insect collection "boxes, 9 x 13 x 2 l/2 inches,
"beautiful redwood throughout, dovetailled corners, paper
covered composition pinning "bottom, hinged and latched, sanded
"but not finished, excellent workmanship: $ 2.10 each; $ 24.00
doz. F.O.B. Beverly Hills, California. BIO-METAL ASSOCIATES,
p.O. Box 346, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Vezensky, Professor Jaroslav, M R» G, Benesova 5&» Pilzen, Czechoslovakia.
Carabidae - exchange and correspond with American specialists.
IMPORTANT
ATTENTION
IMPORTANT
I-.M~p_0-R-T-A-N-T N-O-T-I-C-E
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Bulletin, Systema Naturae, or any business with The Sherwood Press
mentioned in these publications should be directed after JULY FIRST, 1948
to the Editor:
Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
2826 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, Va.
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OF CURRENT PROGRESS, AND TO WORK FOR A UNITY OF SPIRIT AND PURPOSE SHALL BE
THE AIM OF THIS BULLETIN.
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policy. All material thought to be "amateurish" in the sense that it is juvenile will be rejected.
But it is to be distinctly understood that this bulletin is for the serious Amateur as well as for
the Professional, and all are invited to write its pages. Material for this bulletin will be con¬
fined to the field of COLEOPTEROLOGY except in the case of items of a general nature which
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THE COLEOPTERI STS ' BULLETIN
Jane 194S
CARABLDAE FROM THE OLYMPIC MOUUTAI1TS
%
‘ "by Melville H. Hatch
University of Washington
Seattle, Wash.
Recently in checking over my collection, I discovered specimens of
two very rare ground beetles from Olympic Hot Springs in the northern
Olympic Mountains of Washington. The first of these are one male and two
females of Scaphinotus (Brennus) johnsoni Van Dyke probably taken by my
son, Paul Hatch, and Robert A. Loney adjacent to an alpine meadow at
about 4,500 feet elevation at Boulder Lake three and one-half miles from
Olympic Hot Springs. Van Dyke (Pan-Pac. Ent. I, 1924, p. 3) described
this species from a unique female from the "Olympic Mountains", and in
1944 (Ent. Amer . XXIV, pp. 8-9) mentioned three additional specimens from
the "northwestern part of the Olympic Peninsula". It is distinguished
from the ubiquitous marginatus by 19 rather than l4 elytral striae.
Even more interesting is a single specimen of Trachypachus sleveni
Van Dyke (Pan-Pac. Ent. I, 1925* pp • 110-112), taken by myself at Olympic
Hot Springs July 7, 1945 . The unique holotype was taken at Olney south
of Astoria, Ore. in July 1911 by Mr. J. R. Slevin, 125 miles to the south,
but still in the Coast Range.
These two species bring to mind two other of Dr. Van Dyke»s Carabidae
that ate more or less endemic to the Coast Range of the Pacific Northwest
but unlike the two mentioned are relatively common. Very common is
Scaphinotus ( Stenocanthar i s) angusticollis subsp. olunrpiae Van Dyke (Ent.
Amer. XXIV, 1944, pp. 3» 5-6). This is a black phase of angusticollis
Mann., replacing the typical reddish phase from the northern Olympic
Mountains' southward and probably intergrading with the subsp. nigripennis
Roeschke of northwestern Oregon west of the Willamette River. I have
near typical specimens of clympiae from as far south as Aberdeen and
llasel River (Pacific Co.). From Lewis and Clark State Park north of
Toledo I have a series of eight fully black specimens taken Aug. 10,
I948, and two reddish specimens taken June 12, 1938. Van Dyke reports
typical olympiae from Port Angeles, but my single specimen taken just
south of the city limits July 7* 19^5 is clearly typical angusticollis.
Furthermore I have angusticollis from Port Townsend, Brinnon, Harstine
Island, Vaughn, Olympia, Chehalis on the borders of the range of olympiae.
The other species I have in mind is Platysma (Hypherpes) nigrocaer-
uleus Van Dyke (Pan-Pac. II, 1925* pp. lO-Jl.) . This species is common
at Olympic Hot Springs and is distributed southward in the Coast Range to
northern California.
In general most of the beetles occuring in the Olympic Mountains
occur in the Cascades as well, but the four forms mentioned are inter¬
esting exceptions.
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NOTES ON THE GENUS PALOHJS ( TENEBRI ON IDAE )
. fc
by Edward A. Chapin
Curator of Insects
U. S. National Museum
Washington, D.C.
The genus Palorus is represented in North America by two intro¬
duced species, both of which are of some importance as pests in stored
grain. One of these is listed erroneously in the Leng Catalog, 1st
Supplement (1927) as a synonym of a third species, P. depressus (F.),
which apparently does not occur in this country.
G. C. Champion in I896 (Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. 32, p. 29), in a paper
dealing with this genus, pointed out that Hypophloeus depressus F. is a
true Palorus living under bark in the forests of Europe and not known to
attack grain. He further stated that Nitidula melinus Herbst is a species
of Hypophloeus and not a synonym of P. depressus (F.).
Stimulated by Champion’s paper, F. H. Chittenden in the same year
(Ent. News, Vol. &, p. 138) made a study of the collections of the U. S.
National Museum and the U. S. Department of Agriculture and came to the
conclusion that the two species occuring in this country are P. ratzeburgi
(Wism.) and P. subdepressus (Woll.) instead of P. depressus (F.) or P,
melinus (Hbst\) as previously determined.
A. Fleischer (Wien Ent. Zeit., Vol. 19, pp. 236-237* 1900) reviewed
the species of Palorus and separated P. subdepressus (Woll.) as the type
of the new subgenus Circomus. Our species should stand as follows:
Palorus (Palorus) ratzeburgi (Wism.) 48-77
Palorus (Circomus) subdepressus (Woll . ) 64-499
Syn. Palorus melinus auct . not Herbst 1784-37
Palorus depressus auct. not Fabricius 1790-223
IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE ACHIEVED AT
THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ZOOLOGY
Francis Hemming
Secretary to the Commission
During the Thirteenth International Congress of Zoology, which closed
at Paris on Tuesday, 27th July, 1948, the International Commission on Zoo¬
logical Nomenclature, holding its first meeting since the close of the war,
put forward a comprehensive program for the reform and development of zoo¬
logical nomenclature. All the thirteen meetings held by the Commission
were open to all the members of the Congress who were thus enabled to take
an active part in the discussion of the proposals put forward by the Com¬
mission. As a result it was possible not only to obtain decisions on a
much larger number nf questions than would otherwise have been practicable
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■but also to ascertain muoh more readily the needs and general wishes of
zoologists. The scheme finally adopted was approved unanimously by the
Section on Nomenclature and, on the recommendation of the Section, by the
Congress itself at its fined plenary session.
Prior to the opening of the Paris meeting, extensive discussions had
been undertaken by the Commission with leading scientific institutions and
^individual specialists in different parts of the world, with the double
purpose of drawing up a scheme which would ensure for the Commission the
highest possible representative and international character and would se¬
cure that at the Paris meeting all practicable measures should be taken
to improve and develop the Regies Internationales de la Nomenclature Zoo-
logioue. '
“Measures taken to secure a fully representative and international
character for the Commission: Hitherto the International Commission has
had a fixed membership of eighteen Commissioners, but in the future there
will be no fixed upper limit to its membership, though the number of
eighteen will be retained as the minium membership. Under the new system
it will be possible therefore for the zoologists of any country in which
any considerable body of zoological work Is being carried out to have a
direct representation on the Commission. The change now made will make it
possible also for the Commission to call to its membership leading special¬
ists in particular fields irrespective of country. Machinery is at the
same time provided for consultation with the leading scientific institu¬
tions in any country in regard to the selection of its representative on
the 'Commission.
Measures taken to reform the procedure of the Commission: The ex¬
tensive series of changes in the procedure of the Commission are designed
to secure that in the future the Commission shall be able to reach de¬
cisions much more rapidly than has been possible in the past. The most
important single reform is the abandonment of the Liborun Veto under
which eitiier during a meeting or when business is conducted by corres¬
pondence a single member of the Commission could prevent any decision be¬
ing taken by the Commission either in the formulation of recommendations
for the improvement of the Regies or in the use of the plenary powers
given to the Commission to conserve zoological names which are in common
use but are technically defective. Other reforms agreed upon are design¬
ed to eliminate all unnecessary delay in the consideration of nomenclator-
ial problems submitted to the Commission by specialists. It is hoped that
under this revised procedure it will normally be possible for the Commis¬
sion to promulgate its decision on any ouestion put to it within eigh¬
teen months of the date of the application.
Reform and development of the Regies: At the opening of fbe Paris
meeting the Regies in force were substart ially the same as those which
had been adopted at the Congress of Zoology held at Berlin in 1901. The
object of the reforms now agreed upon is to clarify the text of the Regies,
which experience has shown to be in many cases obscure, to make the Regies
more comprehensive by introducing provisions on ruestions not hitherto
included in that instrument and, where necessary, to introduce changes into
the Regies in order to bring their provisions into harmony with the general
wifih.. -means it is hoped to retain everything that experience has
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shown to be valuable in the Regies, to eliminate all those passages which
have been found .to be unsatisfactory and to meet the needs of zoologis s
by the introduction of provisions on matters which have hitherto not been
subject to international regulations.
Codification of the international law on zoological nomenclature: A
large part ,of“e7Isting international law on zoological nomenclature is to
be found not, in the Regies themselves but in the "Opinions" rendere y
the International Commission acting in the judicial ca?ac11^7ent^f fn _1°
it by the International Zoological Congress at Boston in 1907 - The complex
body of case law which has thus grown up over the last 40 years has
the task of zoologists extremely difficult. A wide welcome will therefore
be given to the decision now taken in Paris to codify the law by incorpo¬
rating in the Regies themselves the decisions hitherto embodied only in
the "Opinions" of the Commission. Another reform of great practical value
is afforded by the decision to record in special schedules attached to the
Regies the decisions taken by the Commission in particular cases. Iith
reKafd to decisions to be taken by the Commission in the future, these
will be of either of two kinds: (1) decisions on matters of principle
which will be issued as Declarations and take the form of proposed amend¬
ments to be incorporated in the Regies after approval by the next Congress;
and (2) decisions on individual cases which will be issued as Opinions an
which after the next Congress will be inserted in the appropriate schedule
to the Regies. Thus the Commission intends to ensure that in the future
a zoologist will Be able to find the whole body of international law in
regard to zoological nomenclature within the covers of a single volume.
*
Preparation and promulgation of the revised substantive French text
of the Regies: " Recognising the highly technical problem ^inevitably m-
TOlTid in th” preparation of a substantive text giving effect to the
numerous changes which have now been agreed upon, the Congress, on the
advice of all the Commission, have decided that this task shall be en-
trusted to jurists before whom the decisions of the Congress will be lai ;
the text prepared by the jurists will be submitted to the members of the
Commission .for final approval; the task of considering any drafting points
which may emerge from the foregoing consultation hasbeen entrusted to a
special Commission of three consisting of: hr. Francis hemming (Crated
Kingdom), Secretary to the Commission, Dr. van Straelen (Belgium) and
Professor Robert E. Usinger (U.S.A.).
Contrasted provisions for dealing with old names new names: The
Regies in their amended" form will come into operation immediately they are
promulgated. In the meanwhile arrangements are being made for the pub¬
lication as soon as possible of the Procoa V erbaux of the Commission dur¬
ing its Paris meeting in the Commission’s Bulletin of Zoological lomen-
clature . In general, it will be found that, on order to ward against the
risks involved in retroactive legislation, the provisions relating to names
already published are simpler and less rigorous than those to be applied
to names to be published in the future. Prom now onwards workers giving
new names will have at their disposal rules which are simple, clear, and
easy to operate. The position as regards names already published - and
especially names published before the introduction of the Regies fifty
years ago - will necessarily be rather more complicated. . It is hoped,
however, that, as regards generic names, these difficulties will be largely
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overcome ‘by a rapid and substantial extension of the "Official List" of
Generic Names in Zoology", for under the arrangements now agreed upon, a
name once placed on this list is not to be changed for any purely nomen—
clatorial (as contrasted with taxonomic) reason without the prior approval
of the International Commission. A similar provision has been made in
regard to the trivial names of species and for these also there has now
been established an "Official List" of names which are not in the future
to be changed for purely nonenclatorial reasons without the prior approval
of the Commission. The establishment of these two "Official Lists" makes
it possible for specialists in any group concort (sic) proposals for ad¬
mission to the Commission for the insertion on these "Official Lists" of
the names of the genera and species in their group and thereby to protect
those names from changes for any reason other than taxonomic considerations.
The value of preliminary studies on particular problems : The work of
the present meetings was greatly assisted on two important matters by the
decision taken at the previous Congress (held at Lisbon in 1935) that be¬
fore the present meeting a detailed study should be made on two important
questions of nomenclature which had been a cause of difficulty for many
years. In each case the reports so submitted to the Paris meeting provided
the basis for an agreed settlement. The first of these reports was con¬
cerned with the meaning of the expression "nomenclature Binaire" as used
in the Ragles : in this case the Commission and the Congress have agreed to
substitute the expression "nomenclature binominale" for the expression re¬
ferred to above, subject to the incorporation of safeguards for generic names
published by "binary" though not binomial authors. The second of these
reports was concerned with the problem of the nomenclature of forms of less
than subspecific rank, a matter on which no provision had hitherto been
made in the Regies . In this case also the report submitted provided the
basis for an agreed settlement. The Commission and the Congress have been
so much impressed by the value of this procedure that they have now agreed
that similar Reports should be prepared for consideration at the next
Congress in regard to other difficult problems, including (1) the treat¬
ment of Family names (2) the nomenclature of Orders and higher groups (3)
the rules which govern the emendation of names and (4) the problems pre¬
sented by the demand for the recognition of "neo types".
Settlement of outstanding individual cases: Owing to the war and other
causes the Commission at the beginning of their Paris meeting were con¬
fronted with heavy arrears of work in connection with individual applicat¬
ions submitted to them by specialists in different parts of the world.
During the recent meeting decisions were taken on almost all of these
cases and these decisions will be promulgated in the near future.
The future outlook: The effect of the reforms in the Regies instituted
during the Paris meeting will be to provide zoologists with a system of law
which will be much easier to operate and will ensure stability and uniformity
in the nomenclature. At the same time the reforms in the constitution of
the Commission and its procedure will assure to zoologists a central authority
in regard to all matters relating to zoological nomenclature far more re¬
presentative and international than ever before and, as such, capable of
providing a service more extensive and of much greater value than has been
possible at any previous time.
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RALPH HOPPING COLLLCTIOiT NO" III THE
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES
“by Hugh B. Leech
In the fall of 1947 Mrs. Eltha Hopping most generously deeded her
husband’s collection of Coleoptera to the California Academy of Sciences.
California was home to the late Ralph Hopping for nearly 30 years, and it
was his wish and the hope of all the family that the collection could he
given to the Academy.
In early May, 1948, Dr. Edward Ross and I drove to Vernon, B. C.,
and with the aid of forest entomologists there succeeded in packing the
4ll boxes into a G-.M.C. ’Suburban1 vehicle. Upon unloading at San Francis-
co we found every beetle in place, and thought more kindly of the three
full days spent pushing in pins at Vernon’. An accessioning count showed
97.197 specimens.
Ralph Hopping was born in Hew York City on April 8, 1868, and educat¬
ed there. He completed two years at Rutgers College then had to leave
because of ill health. YTith his brother Burt he arrived in California on
April S, 1891, and joined the Kaweah Co-operative Colony. The next year
he married Katherine P.edstone, who predeceased him in 1929*
After the disbanding of the colony he raised livestock, worked in a
sawmill, and was partner in a business offering tourist accomodations and
pack trips within Seouoia National Park. Upon his partner’s death he
entered the Forest Service, and during the first World War was in charge
of insect control in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
In 1919 he was appointed Forest Entomologist for British Columbia,
and moved to Vernon in December. He retired on April 8, 1939. and- May
married Mrs. Eltha Edwards. Plans called for much collecting, but cancer
of the tongue was diagnosed that summer. Most of his time thereafter was
spent in obtaining medical treatment. He died at his home in Vernon on
October 29, 1941.
Mr. Hopping began to collect beetles when nine years old, chiefly
around Bloomfield, N.J., especially along the old Morris and Essex Canal.
From then on he never lost an opportunity to add specimens. Bet ween 1895
and 1930. he exchanged extensively with other coleopterists. Most of the
new species he recognized prior to 1919 were described by his friends H.
C. Fall, L. C. Van Dyke and F. E. Blaisdell, for official policy in the
Forest Service did not allow him to publish over his own name. Indeed it
was largely because of this that he accepted the position in British
Columbia.
In addition to the ■ specimens collected by himself and his son George,
Ralph Hopping bought parts of certain other collections. To the best of
my knowledge the following list is complete. 'In most cases the Leng
material includes the same families from the Luetgens collection, compris¬
ing both North American and European specimens. Other than these latter,
he had very few exotic species.
Jane 1948
From the \L_ Leng Coll,
From the Chas. Schaeffer Coll.
Melyridae
Oedemeridae
Meloidae
- Throscidae
Dascillidae
Helodidae
Rhysodidae
Colydiidae
Ptinidae
Anohiidae
Bostrichidae
Lyctidae
Genas Tachys (Carabidae)
Cephaloidae
Lymexylidae
Capes idae
Oedemeridae
Pyrochroidae
Pythidae
Erotylidae
Cisidae
Sphindidae
Ralph Hopping’ s collection is strong in Cerambycidae, especially
the Leptarini on which he and J. M. Swaine published, and the Clytini
which were revised by George R. Hopping. Other families well represented
include the Scolytidae, Tenebrionidae and 3aprestidae.
The major part of the collection was formed before he want to British
Colombia. More material, nearly all from California, Oregon and Washington
was added as the result of vacation trips. Of the species obtained in
British Columbia, a representative set was naturally claimed for the
Canadian national Collection. In this and in all matters pertaining to
the Hopping material the generous treatment received from the Canadian
officials was greatly appreciated by us.
RECENT LITERATURE
compiled by Ross K. Arnett, Jr.
1. Arrow, Gilbert J., The I ielonthine Beetles of the Island of Mauritius,
vith a is®y to the genera and species. Proc.~Royal Ent. Toe. of Lond. ,
Series B., 17: 25-34, 1948.
2. Lhoste, Jean, Sur une espece nouvelle de Scymaenidae (Col.) de l’ile
Maurice, ibid pp. 35-3bt - -
3- Arrow, Gilbert J., Further notes on the beetle genus Lachnosterna
(CQl« : Melolonthinae) , with descriptions of three new genera., ibid.
V^9-W-
4. Bechynfe, Jan, Notes sur les Chrysomelidcs de l’Amerioue du Sud (Col.).
Rev. de Ent., 19: 295-312, 1948.
5* 3ondar, G., Notas entomologicas da Baia; XIX. Rev. de Ent.. IS* 27V
295, 19^7. —
6. Bondar, Gregorio, Notas Entomologicas da Baia; XX. Rev. de Ent.. 19*
1-5^. 19^.
Col. Boll.. Vol. II, no. 6
7. Brenning, Stephan, Quelqueg nouveaux Longicornes des Isle Mascareignes .
Rev. Fran. D'Ent., 15s 93-95# 19^8*
g . Brian, M. V. , On the ecology of beetles of the genus Agriotes with
special reference to A. obscurus . J. Anim. Ecol., 16: 210-224, 19^7 •
9. Britton, E. 3., Results of the Armstrong College Expedition to Siwa
Oasis (Libyan Desert )7 1935. Cicindelidae and Carabidae (Coleoptera) .
Soc. FouadHEE d'Ent. B. 31* 105- 10 S, 19^7 •
10. Britton, E. B., The Carabid Tribes Harpalini, Lebiini, and Bembidiini
in Hawaii (Coleoptera) , Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., 13: 235-254, 1948.
11. Clark, M. E., An annotated list of Coleoptera taken at or near Terrace,
British Columbia. I. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc., 44: 24-27# 1948.
12. Daggy, T., Notes on the ecology and taxonomy of certain pupae of the
family Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Ind. Acad. Sci, Pioc., ^61 253-
260, T9^7 "
13. Darlington, P. J., Jr., Two new tiger beetles from New Guinea. Psyche
54: 241-245, 1947.
14. Deuquet , C., Australian Buprestldae; description of three new species
of the genus Stigmodera. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Proc., 72: 199—202,
■ , mm-n n ■ i. ■ n — ■ . . — - ■ . .
I947 •
15. Easton, A. M., Meligethes erichsoni Brisout (Col . , Nitidulidae) . An
addition to the British list. Ent. Monthley Mag., 84: 11-12, 194S.
16. Emden, F. I. van., On the larvae of Palorus (Col. : Tenebrionidae) . A
supplement to * Larvae of Br iti sh Beetles . VI I « Ent. Monthly Mag.
84: 10, 19487
17. Gilmour, E. F., On East Indian ffiamiinae (Col., Cerambycidae) . Ent.
Monthly Mag. 84: 17-21,
18. Gkiignot , F., Vingt-Cinquieme note sur les Hydrocanthares ♦ , Rev. Fran.
D'Ent., 15*. 9^-100, 194s-
19. Hardy, G. A., Some beetles of the families Cerambycidae and Buprestidae
from Manning Park, British Columbia. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc.,
wr 31-34,' 194s.
! i
20. Hicks, S. D., Additional notes on Coleoptera taken in Essex County
and southern Ontario. Can. Ent., 79*» 117-1197 19^7*
21. Jeannel, R. , Sur deux larves de Carabiques. Rev. Fran. D'Ent. XV:
74-78, 1948.
22. Jeannel, R., Un Trechus nouveau des Alpes Bavaroises. Rev. Fran. D'
Ent., 15: 78- 79. "1948 •
23. Khatib, S. M. H., The tracheal system of Galerucella birmanica (Jacoby)
~r>l rrnvtorid insect on the Singhara leaf*! (Abe . ) Indian Sci. Cong.,
59
June 1948
. . 33, Bangalore,' 1946, Proc. 3: 124, 1947.
* • *
24. La Rivers, Ira., F 0 1 e s on the El eodini (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae) ,
Ent. News, 59? 9^-101, ”1948'.
25* Leech, H. B., Bidessus leachi, a new species of Bytiscid water beetle
from northern California (Coleoptera). Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia." Proc.
WT 11-12, 19437" — ~
26. Leech, H. B.t New distribution records for Deronectes spenceri (Col:
Bytiscidae) [Sci.'note J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc., 44; 38, 1948.
27. Leech, H. B., Collecting in southern British Columbia* hilltop to lake-
shore for beetles. Can. Ent., 79*. 105-108, 1947 . *
28. Mckeown, K. C.f Australian insects. XXXI. Coleoptera S. The Cucujidae.
Austral. Mus. Mag., 9: 201-203 » 19^+7^
29* Morgan, C. V. C., The biology of Monochamus notatus morgani (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae) . Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc., 44: 28-30, T<$f.
30. Normand, H.t Fouveaux Bastytes de la Tunisie, [Cleridae]. Rev. Fran.
B»Ent. 15* 88-93, 1948.
f
31. Rivalier, E., Les Cicindeles du genre Lophyia (Motschoulsky) . Rev.
Fran. B'Ent., XV: 49-74, 1948.
32. Saylor, Laurence W., Four new South American Melolonthine Scarab Beetles.
Rev. de Ent. 19? 353-357.~194S .
33* Spencer, 0. J., Notes on some Bermest idae of British Columbia (Col.).
Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc. 44: 6-9, 1548.
34. Uhmann, Erich, Neue Hispinae aus Sudamerika (Col. Chrysom.). 107
Beitrag zur kenntnis der Hispinae. Rev. de Ent., 19* 207-23oT”l94S.
35* Verdcourt, B., The sectioning of beetle elytra. Microscope and Ent.
Monthly, 6: 305-306, 1948.
36. Van Zwaluwenburg, R. H., Few species and new records of Elater id
Beetles from the Pacific - III. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., 13: 265-
276, 1948.
37* Werner, F. G-., Note on the type specimen of B ago us sellatus LeC . ,
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) .Psyche, 54: 262, 1947 .
38. .Zimmerman, E. C., Notes on Marianas I si and s Curculionidae (Coleoptera) .
Hawaiian Ent. Soc., Proc., 13: 305-315> 7f4S.
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EDITOR’S SECTION
"by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
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CONTENTS
Book Notice . 65
Bibb, John R.t THE ECO- TAXONOMIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY
OF BEETLES . 6l
Editor’s Section . 70
Institution Entomologicum Choui . 67
Klapperich, H., NOTES ABOUT GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN
COLEOPTERISTS AND COLLECTIONS . 67
Leech, Hugh B., COLLECTING LARVAE 0E TWO SPECIES OF
DITYLUS ( OEDEMERI DAE ) . 66
Notices . 70
Recent Literature . 6S
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THE COLEOPTERI STS' BULLETIN
September ig4g
THE EGO-TAXONOMIC AFP LOACH TO THE STUDY OF BEETLES
by John R. Dibb, F.R.E.S.
[Reprinted in part from "The Naturalist" 47: 45-51 "by permission of the
author. J
I . Introductory Remarks
The method of approach to the subject by the would be student of
beetles is all important to the production of the Coleopterist , and whether
he or she is to be a good or poor product will largely be decided by the
kind of plan of action or lack of one, which regulates the acquisition of
the necessary knowledge and experience. In the present discussion we are
not concerned with the preparation for a specialized branch of beetle work,
but with the provision of sound bases from which we can build for ourselves
in specialised directions after gaining a good general knowledge.
To get to know the beetle fauna of a particular district or
country entails at least a book knowledge of the beetle fauna of the
country in which that smaller area lies. Thus we are confronted at the
start with the formidable task of the identification of specimens observed
or collected, knowing at the beginning that they will be amongst the 4690
established species, provided the area of investigation lies in Britian.
For the purposes of these notes we will assume an interest in the British
species .
We must set ourselves three primary aims for ’getting to know'
the beetles .
1. To find out where to look.
2. To find out how beetles live.
3* To be able to identify the different species.
Probably owing to the many factors involved in covering the
subject adequately, mainly due to the large number of species, it has been
the custom in the past to concentrate upon but one of the above aims with
the results that to find out where to look has produced the field natura¬
list who, for the most part is content to make his observations on country
walks and Natural History Society’s field meetings. Over a period of
years he becomes the experienced field naturalist able to recognise at
once the dominant species within the ; localities with which he has become
familiar. He is able to point out much of interest to the younger gen¬
eration or the new-comer to his district.
Studies of metamorphoses, life histories, or some of the countless
aspects of physical development have led to a large proportion of students
becoming wholly concerned with the biological branch of the subject, and
this branch is specially attractive to teachers and those responsible for
courses upon natural science, because single species, or a part of the life
of a single species, can form a circumscribed study for individual students,
with no lack of such sectional studies available, however many may be
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undertaken. Those who spend the' Whole of their time and energies in finding
out how the, beetles live "become the'' biologists.
To determine the species, subspecies, biological phase, or other
category, tc which a name can be applied, appeals to those who are attract¬
ed to systematics of the science. This entails a study of the order ±rom
the aspect of the classification of its component species, and will inevit¬
ably require an extension of the knowledge of the representatives of the
order found in the home country, to those throughout the world. Thus, to
be able to identify the different species calls for training in the system-
atics of the order.
•* » v *
Modern trends, particularly the value of isolating all the factors
which impinge upon a species win kin its natural environment, have intro¬
duced an advanced school of thought arising from this ecological approach
to getting to know a species' or group of species. The method • referred to
has been termed the Eco— system. . In so far as the practical example which
has been chosen here only partially fulfills the idea of the eco— system, it
has been deemed advisable to refer to the method outlined as tne eco— taxo¬
nomic approach.
Hitherto, the student has been almost entirely dependant upon a
few standard works for naming his species of beetles, and each of -these
works has adopted the plan, established by custom, of segregating, the ' ■
species by differences in structure, many of such differences being so
highly specialised as to require long training of the student in the details
of the anatomy of the many families and genera of the Coleoptera.
In the literature of the last quarter century, however, the
tendency has grown towards the presentation of data which combines the
names of the species with details of habits, food plant, plant host and
other natural associations connected with the specimens under discussion.
The ecological data attaching to British beetles is fast accumulating, but
it is only in short notes and articles that it mainly appears, and it is
only just reaching the stage of sufficiently covering the British beetle
fauna to become of practical help to the student of the Coleoptera. An
intial attempt to find the answer to the question of how this mass of
information can best be used is discussed below.
The writer, who was residing at Gateforth, near Selby during the
period December, 1944, to May 1945, had the opportunity of forming a small
collection of the beetles of the area, and with the object of testing the
new approach to getting to know the local beetle fauna, adopted the follow¬
ing methods, which may be of interest to fellow students of the order. A
description of the work falls under two headings
(a) Field technique.
(b) The basis for determination.
II. Field Technique.
The primary objective, whilst in the field, is to obtain as much
information as possible concerning the natural habitats and the physical
condition surrounding the specimens taken or observed. The exact place of
capture and the conditions in which each specimen lives, must be noted,
and in view of the fact that a single excursion may result in the capture
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of perhaps thirty to forty specimens, it is necessary to make a written
note about each one whilst in the field. The smaller the number of exam¬
ples collected and the larger the amount of detail noted about each the
better. The above makes it necessary to carry a box containing up to
forty small glass tubes so that each specimen can be separately tubed.
Each tube should bear a number which is quoted in the filed notebook with
extended details of capture. One of the more usual forms of large killing
bottles can be carried with advantage for those specimens which are so
distinctive as to be remembered without requiring a separate container, if
so desired.
The type of information required to be noted mainly comes under
the following heading :-
(a) On soil, sand or mud.
(b) Under stone or other object on the ground.
(c) In water and whether swiftly flowing, slow moving, stagnant or brackish.
(d) Plant host with name of plant species, genus or general description of
plant .
(e) Position on plant, e.g. on leaf, stem, in bark, in wood or at root.
(f) On flower, blossom, fruit with name of plant.
(g) In fungi with name of fungus or description and its state of maturity
or decay.
(h) In dung and type.
(i) In decaying animals and animal matter with type.
(j) In moss.
Then there are the more general conditions which include geological
date, for example the soil and rock formation. The climatic conditions, as
well as referring to the actual day conditons, should make rederence to the
season in the following manner :-
Prevernal .
Vernal .
Summer .
Autumnal .
Winter.
March to early April up to appearance of earlist
flowers •
Mid-April to end of May, trees in young leaf or flower.
June to August, trees in full leaf.
September to November, during leaf fall.
December to February, most plants dormant.
The nature of the plant communities, or the details of plant
ecology of the areas under investigation should be noted, and as* an indi¬
cation of the extent of this section of our work the following list of
plant habitats is given as an illustration:-
1 . Oakland
2. Ashwood
3- Pinewood
4. Heath
5. Heather Moor
6. Cotton-grass M
7 • Grass Moor
. 8. Grassland
9 . Chalk downs
10. Marsh
11. Salt Marsh
12. Sand dune
13. Shingle
14. Hedgerow
15. Arable land
16. Rocky Shore
17 • Mountain
Each of the above plant habitat types presents to the eco-
systematist the picture of different kinds of plant associations the
details of which should be assimilated by the Coleopterist from a work
upon plant ecology. The above by no means exhausts the possible habitat
descriptions and associations but is an indication only of some of the
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conditions and situations to "be noted in which beetles are found in nature.
If we use such habitats, and group the beetles we find in then, we provide
ourselves with a classification of habitats, or bionomic key,, which divides
the total of the species into smaller groups of species. By applying a
suitable name to each of these habitat groups we obtain a group name for our
captures as soon as they are made. As an example we take some of the
habitats listed above for a simplified bionomic key.
BIONOMIC KEY
A. Ground species - Habitat Group
1. Under stones . Lapidicoles
2. On sand . Arenicoles
B. On or attached to plants or fungi -
3. On tree trunks, in or on wood or bark . Truncicoles
Lignicoles
Corticicoles
4. On stalks, leaves, flowers . Herbicoles
Phyllicoles
5. On moss . Muscicoles
6. On fungus . . Fungicoles
7. On decaying vegetation, flood refuse, etc . Detriticoles
C. Associated with animals or man
8. In carcases .
9. In dung . .
D. Aquatic species -
10. In stagnant waters . Stagnicoles
Consideration of this abbreciated bionomic key will show that
it can be greatly extended to cover more and mote habitat groups and
natural conditions so that as knowledge of the life histories and associa-
tions of a larger proportion of species increases and new information
recorded, provision can be made for them by erecting new habitat groups as
required. The greater the number of accurately defined habitat groups of
species, the less becomes the number of species within each and the greater
the facility for determination.
Where the association is with a plant, every effort should be made
to obtain the name of the plant, and if it is a species unknown to the
coleopterist , he should take with him a flower, £ruit or leaf for determina¬
tion by a botanist, making a descriptive note of the general characters of
the plant. Beetles which are found in hibernation should be noted as in
that condition, for their natural habitat whilst in full activity might be
quite different. This discussion being intended to apply (bo fully adult
beetles only, it will be appreciated that in cases where the adult has only
just emerged from the pupal stage its situation is often different from
that which applies to the imagine in full activity. In such cases the
recorded habitat will reflect the stage of development.
In order to use the information relating to habitat or host, etc.,
in the manner decribed, some experience must be gained in separating the
natural habitat from the chance situation, for the possession of the powers
Cadavericoles
Stercoricoles
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65
of flight by so many species of beetles brings them at times into situations
which are both strange and incongruous. The recurrence of a particular
species within the same type of habitat quickly enables the investigator
to descriminate between the true natural habitat and the chance situation.
III. The Basis for Determination.
On mounting up the specimens brought back from the field excur¬
sion it is necessary to co-ordinate the notes in the fiold notebook with
the specimens to which they apply, and this can be simply done by trans¬
ferring the number of each specimen, as shown on the tube in which it has
been placed, to the card upon v/hich it is mounted. If it should be a
pinned specimen then its number can be written upon the locus label, and
the date of capture will always be sufficient future reference to the
correct batch of field notes (always dated) in the field notebook.
'The next problem representing aim no. 3 is to get the material
named by the eco— taxonomic method. The collecting of the specimens and
the compilation of the ecological notes has been completed in accordance
with the foregoing principles, all the specimens having been taken in the
Gateforth and surrounding districts. The specimens were then considered
one by one together with the appropriate field notes, and worked out with
the aid of a bionomic key, on the lines of the one quoted above. (The
actual key was much more extended one covering twenty habitat groups, but
space does not allow for the extended scheme to be covered in this paper.)
A copy of the latest check list of British beetles (Kloet & Hincks) ; had’ been
marked up with numbers opposite every specific name representing the
habitat group number of each species, and where a species occurs in more
than one of the habitats listed, all the group numbers in which it occurs
were quoted. The only species not covered were those marked "very local",
"rare" or "very rare" in the standard works on British Coleoptera. The
habitat ing of the British species was accomplished from all the available
literature on British beetles as well as from the previous records and
the past experience of the writer. This was followed by the compilation
of separate lists of the species of each habitat group. The collection
of specimens was then divided into habitat groups and taken group by
group, and with the aid of the appropriate group list of species, was
worked out with the standard taxonomic literature.
To bring this system to full development entails the preparation
of diagnostic keys to the species providing a separate key for each habitat
group. But even without such keys, the advantage to the future student of
the beetles, through reducing the mass of species to smaller groups for
working out purposes must be obvious. As an experiment habitat group keys
have been drawn up and found greatly to facilitate determination, if not
always to the species, tjien to the genus. After testing these keys will
be published for the use of those students interested in this new approach.*
*BOOK NOTICE
Field Book of Beetles, by J. R. Dibb, A. Brown and Sons Limited, London,
$ 4T00 U.S. currency. [21/- net.] 1948. 197, xxv. l4pl. 182 figs.
This book is a well illustrated <fhide to the beetles of the
British Isles, employing the system outlined by Mr. Dibb in the preceding
article. [ED.J
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COLLECTING LARVAE OF TWO SPECIES OF DITYLUS (OEDEMERIDAE)
"by Hugh B. Leech
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
Mr. Guppy's article on Ditylus quadricollis LeConte in the April
issue of this journal ( 2 (4) : 33) » reminded me of finding larvae of that
species and of that of D. gracilis LeConte.
Many larvae of gracilis were taken at Steelhead, in the coast¬
al Fraser Valley near Mission, B. C., in early June, 1933* They occurr¬
ed in the vevy wet and slightly rotted "skids" of a logging road. These
skids were & foot sections of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) , 10 to
l6 inches in diameter, which had "been laid down in 191o. Over then iron-
shod sleds, loaded with huge logs, had been drawn by horses. The skids
were placed about three feet apart, the interspaces being corduroyed with
smaller logs . When I examined them the skids were half buried in the wet
soil, but still sound enough to require an axe for cutting out the larvae.
The latter were mature, 4o mm. long, in June. In late September I obtain¬
ed adults from their pupal cells in the same logs, as well as some larvae
only 20 mm. long. At Vancouver, B. C., I used to find adults in the
spring. During the day they were in hiding under logs and old boards, but
in the early morning they wandered freely along paths and sidewalks.
Two half-grown larvae of D. quadricollis, the only species
occuring in the southern interior of the province, were taken in western
red cedar (Thuja plicata) at Salmon Arm, B. C., on October 6, 1934; they
were in a dry log of which only the lower edge was in contact with the
soil. Several were taken from T. plicata at White Lake, north of Salmon
Arm, on October S, 1933* the smallest was 10 mm. long, the largest 30 mm.
V.'r.fv1. 'li- T. ’ *
At Deep Lake, about 4 miles from Vernon, B. C. and due east of
Cozen* s bay, several old and rotting logs of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga
taxifolia) were found to be absolutely riddled by quadr icolli s . These
logs were partially buried in. the; soil in an area which is flooded every
spring and wet enough all year for' Tygha_ to grow. When I examined them
on April 10, 1939, various sizes of larvae, and many adults in pupal cells,
were seen. The beetles were fully colored, not teneral, apd no pupae _
were...found, suggesting that the. species pupates in the fali.
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The same logs were much tunnelled by at least 3 species of ants,
and Microdon (Diptera) larvae were present in their galleries.' . A few
hibernating Carabidae' and Staphylinidae were also in the logs, but none
of the aquatic beetles reported from this very spot by Venables (1913*
Brit. Columbia Ent. Soc., Proc. 2: 12).
D. quadricollis larvae in all stages, and adults, were found,
near tqgether in the wood. In the deeper parts of the logs there were
still many crystals of ice, both in the ant galleries and in those of the
Ditylus; some larvae of the latter were surrounded by ice. All the wood .
was very wet; part was rotten enough to break easily in the hands, but
much was sound and a hatchet was needed to split it.
Of 60 adults taken, at Deep Lake, 26 were males and 32 females.
When fully extruded the ovipositor of the female was slightly more. than
the length of the head, thorax, and elytra combined, suggesting that the
September 19^8
67
eggs are laid in deep cracks or holes. Like gracilis these "beetles are
often found hiding under cover, "but they are also active during the heat
of the day, and occur on flowers, especially hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)
and wild rose (Rosa spp.).
NOTES ABOUT GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN COLEOPTERISTS AID COLLECTIONS
"by H. Klapperich
Bonn - Germany
Determiners and Revisors
M. Bflnninger, (l6) Giessen, Ludwigstr. 73» Germany will determine the
following tribes of the Carabidae of the world: Scaritina, Passalidius,
Acanthoscelis, Nebriini, Notiophilini , Onophronini, Elaphrini, Ozaenini,
Lorocerini, Siagonini, Migadopini, Promecognathini, subtr. Carenina,
especially Scaraphites, Euryscaphus, Philoscaphus, Carenum, subtr.
Scapterina.
A. Evers, (22) Krefeld, D&rerstr. 13, Germany, Malachidae of the world.
K. Goecke, (22) Krefeld, von Beckerathplatz 9* Germany, Donaciidae of the
world.
E. Schedl, Prof. Dr., Landesforstinspektion fdr Steiermark, Nonnen-Wald-
station, Wildalpen, Obersteiermark, Austria, Scolytidae and Platypcidae of
the world.
Noted Coleopterist dies
Kleine Richard, Halle - Sachsen, Germany, authority of Lycidae and
Brenthidae of the world, died in April 1948. Kis great collection in
Stettin - Pommern, Germany, was destroyed during the war.
German Museums
The Hamburger Museum of Zoology was total destroyed by air-raids in July
1943. This museum lost in July 1943 most of its collections, all its
Coleoptera and Lepidoptera collections, and the great library. After 1943
they bought several insect collections, among which was a great collection
of Lucanidae of the world. Unfortunately this material has been deported
to the province of Saxonia, Germany, now Russian Zone. It is doubtful if
they will get back this collection.
The Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt a.M., Senckenberg-Anlage 25. was partly
destroyed, but not the department of Entomology. In this museum is the
interesting Schwarzer collection of Cerambycidae of the world.
INSTITUTUM ENTOMOLOGI CUM CHOUI
Chang - Chi a - Kang, Shensi Sinae
Prof. Dr. Io Chou, founder of the institute and editor of
"Insecta Sinensium" invites the entomologists of the world to contribute
literature, equipment and mony for the support of this research organiza¬
tion in the interior of China.
6S
Col. Bull., Sol. II, no. 7
RECENT LITERATURE
compiled by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
39. Bartindale, G. C. & G. W. R. Bartindale, Coleoptera of the Macclesfield
District, Ent. Monthly Mag., 84: 130-1324 1948 .
40. Blackwelder, Richard E., An analysis of specific homonyms in zoological
nomenclature, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci., 3^ : 206-213"» 1948 .
41. Blair, K. G. , Some alien Coleoptera occasionally found in Britian, Ent.
Monthly Mag. ,147 123-124", . col."pT., 1948.
42. Brown, E. S., Recent abundanc e of Chrysomela (Melasoma) populi L. and
£. tremula F. (Col .) , Ent. Monthly Mag., 84 : 138, 1948.
43. Buchanan, L. L. , A new species of Stenoscelis, and notes on other
Curculionidae (Coleoptera) , Bull . 3rook. Ent. Soc., 45: £l-66, 1948.
44. Buck, F. D., Pen tar thrum huttoni W oil . (Col . Curculionidae) and some
imported Cossoninae, Ent. Mon. Mag., 84; 152-154, 1948.
45. Corporaal, J. B., Nineteen notes on Systematics and Synonymy (27th
Communication on Cleridae) , Ent. Berichten, XII, no. 281, pp . 242-
246, 1948.
46. Doucette, C. F. , and R. Latta, The Lily Weevil,' a potentially serious
pest in the Pacific Northwest, Circ. U. S. Dept. Agric. no. 746, 24
pp. 18 figs., 5 ref., 1946 .
47. Gilmour, E. F., New Exocentrini (Col., Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) , Ent.
Monthly Mag., 84: 141-144 (.incomplete J, 1948.; Lcont.J, p. 145-147,
1948.
48 . Kaddo ck , M . J . , Observations on the species of Flea Beetles infesting
Brassica Crops in the West of England, Rep. Agric. Hort. Res. Sta. ,
Bristol, 1945, pp . l66-lb9 , 1946.
49. Hicks, S. D., Additional notes on Coleoptera taken in Essex county and
southern Ontario, Canada, Can. Ent . , 79 * l4S~l49, 1947 (194873
50 . Hinton, K. E. , A synopsis of the genus Tr ibolium Macleay, with some
remarks on the evolution of its species- groups (Coleoptera, Tenebrion-
idae) , Bull. Ent. Res., 39s 13-55* 1948.
51. Kangas, Esko, 3eopachtungen dber Lyctus planicollis LeConte in Finnland,
[Lyctidae], Ann. Ent. Fenn., 13: 55— 5^, 19^7*
52. Kangas, Esko, Studien fiber die Agr ilus-larven (Col . , Buprestidae) ,
Ann. Ent. Fenn., 13: 104-113, 1947 •
53* Kevan, D. K. McE., The Eucalyptus Weevil in East Africa, E. Afr. Agric.
Jour., 12: 40-44, 1946.
54. Kono, Kiroraichi, Die Russelkafer auf den micronesien, Ins. Mats., l6:
13-21, 1942.
69
September 1948
55* I”b id, Die Russelkafer auf der ins el Kotosko, pp. 22-27 .
56. Ibid, Die Russelkafer auf den insel Kashoto, pp. 27-30.
57. Ibid, Die Russelkafer auf den Ogasav/ara^insel, pp. 31-33.
58. Ibid, Die Russelkafer aus Sian und Indochina, pp. 159-164.
59* Last, H. R., Neobisnius cerrutii Gridelli and var. rubripennis Gridelli
(Col. Staphylinidae) , additions to the British List of Coleoptera,
Ent. Monthly Mag., 84: 148-150, 1948.
60. Leech, H. B., Sarcophaga rapax reared from Prionus calif ornicus,
[Ceranbycidae J, Can. Ent . , 79 : 141, 1947 ( 1948 ) .
61. Leech, H. B.f Helops regulas in a Hasp’s nest [Tenebrionidae], Can.
Ent . , 79 : l4l, 1947 (l94g) .
62. Leech, H. B., Acetic acid odor from Stenolophus fidelis [Carabidae ],
Can. Ent. , 79T l4l, 19^7
63- Lindroth, Carl H. , Influence of the sun on the flight direction of some
Coleoptera, Ent. Tidskrift, 132-134., 1948 .
64. Matsushita, M., Zur kenntnis der Japanischen Cerambyciden (VI), Ins.
Mats., 15: 151-158, “19413 “
65* Newman, J. F., A study of the digestive enzymes of the larval gut of
Dinoderus ocellaris~Tst . ) , [Bostr ichidae J, Ind. J. SntT, 7: 13-197*1946.
66. Niijima, Y., Revision und Heubeschreibung der Polygraphus-arten (Coleo-
ptera, Ipidae) in Japan, Ins. Mats., 15: 123-135 » 1941.
67. Palm, Thure, Bibloporus hoglundi n. sp. (Col. Pselaphidae) , Ent. Tid¬
skrift, 69: 122-124, 194^
68. Polyola, Mauno V., Huomiorta runkytryu, Ernobius explanatus Man n.,
(Col.., Anobiidae) , elenlaroista, Ann. Ent. Fenn., 13: 22, 1947 •
69. Rapp, 17. F., Jr., The number of gastric caeca in some larval Scarabae-
oidea, Can. Ent., 79V l45-l47, 1947 (1948) .
70. Reclaire, A.,_en P. Van Der Wiel, Coelambus lautus Schaum in Nederland
(Coleoptera [Dytiscidae ]) , Ent. Berichten, XII, no. 280, pp. 221-222,
1948.
71. Reclaire, A., en P. Van Der Viel, En nog mi t beschreven var. van
Deronectes canaliculatus Lac . in Nederland (Coleoptera [Pyticidae ]) ,
Ent. Berichten, XII, no. 280, pp. 222, 1948.
72. Robinson, John H. , Description of a new tiger beetle from Texas, Ann.
Ent. Soc. Aner., 4l : 27, 1948.
73* Ruramukamen, U. , Uber das Auf treten des Laubholzbohrers, Hylecoetus
dermestoides L. (Col . , Lymexylonidae) , an Birken,Ann. Ent. Fenn., 13:
I44H4S, 1947.
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THE COLEOPTER1STS’ BULLETIN
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October, 1948
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THE "COMPLEAT" TAXONOMIST, M. H. Hatch . 71
GUI A DE NATURAL I STAS SUDAMERI CANO S . 72
BEETLE ECOLOGY (l), John R. Bibb . 73
FIFTH SUPPLEMENT . 74
HOST RECORDS FOR CALOPUS AUGUSTUS LEC-, H. B. Leech . 75
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO "SOME RECORDS OF CARA3IDAE
COLLECTED ON VANCOUVER ISLAND", Richard Guppy . 75
WHY LOCALITY LABELS?, M. H. Hatch . 76
RECENT LITERATURE . 76
EDITOR *S SECTION . fg
NOTICES . 7S
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Vol . II, No. g
October 19~4g
THE "COMPLEAT" TAXONOMIST
by Melville H. Hatch
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Narrowly the taxonomist is primarily concerned with the re¬
cognition, description, and morphological interrelationships of species.
If he does this job well, he performs a vital part in the biologists'
community. The fully functioning taxonomist, however, cannot remain
satisfied with any such narrow restrict ioning of his function. Taxonomy
is that branch of biology in which the species-relationship of organisms
is in primary focus, but the organism-as-a- whole and the world-of-organ-
i sms- as- a- whole are in the background supporting and lending significance
to the taxonomist's approach.
First, the morphological forms presented by successive devel¬
opmental stages must be considered along with those of the adults. The
taxonomist must keep his eye on the results of studies of the embryology
and immature stages. The recent interest of coleopterists in larval
studies is symptomatic. But the general lack of perspective of many
taxonomists is revealed by the over emphasis on the theoretical side
that such studies have received in certain quarters, as though the larval
morphology was any less subject to ambiguity than that of the adult. I
sometimes felt that Mr. Leng tended to place too much reliance on larval
studies .
Secondly, morphology even in the broadest sense of all the
structures revealed by the ordinary light microscope is dependent on an
underlying physiology which the "compleat" taxonomist cannot ignore.
Ultimately all visible structure is dependent on the need of the organ¬
ism to survive and this ability to survive is the consequent of basic
atomic-molecular patterns and transformations. Moreover, in the case
of bisexual forms - and nearly all our beetles are bisexual'. - the
species whose morphological expressions we study are populations of
interbreeding individuals. Mechanisms leading to kyesamechania or in¬
ability to interbreed will thus form the basis of physiological species,
which C. Ruggles Gates (Human Ancestry, Harvard Univ. Press, 19^8, pp.
391-392) to the contrary notv/ithstanding, are species of the most valid
sort'. In this connection attention should be called to the recent dis¬
covery of two inter-sterile strains of the rice weevil, Calendra oryzae
L. (Birch, L. C., Two Strains of Calandra oryzae L. (Coleoptera) , Aus¬
tralian Jour. Exp. Biol. Med. Sci. XXII, 194b, pp. 271-275)* One strain
averages smaller than the other, but in their extreme ranges they overlap
completely, so that such individuals are distinguishable only by their
breeding behavior. Thus physiology, ecology, and genetics are not only
in the distant background of the taxonomist's perview, but impinge on
matters of his vital concern.
Thirdly, species are populations - almost always variable
populations'. It is becoming increasingly apparent that most variation is
genetic and due to genes and modifying genes. The effects of malnutrition
-71-
72
Col. Bull., Vol . II, No. S
and other accidents of development must always "be kept in mind, "but it
would seem that the advance of taxonomic analysis will involve more and
more genetics.
Fourthly, a species is a population adapted for life in an
actual environment. Ecological relationships must figure in the ade¬
quate description of "both morphological and physiological species. More¬
over, the operation of natural selection in preserving or eliminating
genetically produced variation is an ecological matter, ho species can
"be said to "be understood until something is known of the manner of life
that makes it possible. Moreover, in connection with the environment,
plant ecology and taxonomy and physiography and meterology are in order
and, "because any group of organisms is the result of factors working
through an extensive internal of geological time, historical geology
and paleontology are involved.
Fifthly, there is that large number of species, the synanthropes,
that live in close association with man, many of them to his weal or woe.
Their study is theoretically a phase of ecology, but let not the taxonom¬
ist shrink from recognizing the useful sde of his study. Taxonomy not
only contributes to the enlightenment of the mind by making mankind
acquainted with the diversity of organisms on the face of the planet, but
it supplies an essential cog in enabling man to adapt himself to this
biological environment. The largest group of taxonomic coleopterists in
the United States is that maintained in the nation’s capital by the
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Department
of Agriculture. The taxonomist performs the first step in the control
of a suspected organism, that of recognizing its name, so that its pre¬
sent occurrence may be tied in with previous experience and appropriate
measures taken to study and/or control it. Moreover, much pertinent
ecological distributional data is contained in economic publications.
Every taxonomist should keep an eye on the economic work on his group.
In Washington about one-tenth of our beetles are of economic importance,
and I collect and file economic papers right along with the taxonomic
ones in my library and refer to and cite them along with the others in
my publications.
Such are some of the interests of the ’’compleat’1 taxonomist!
GUI A DE NATURAL I STAS SUDAMSRICANOS
According to an announcement recently received, a book will
soon be published which will list the names, addresses and general
information concerning the specialities in Natural History, of proffes-
ional and amateurs, Institutions and Publications, of all Latin America.
There is no charge for inserting ones name, only one must pay
the subscription price in advance for a copy. The price is only two
dollars, U.S. Currency.
This is edited by: Elena Martinez Fontes and Juan Jose Parodiz,
Obligado, 1555i Buenos Aires, Argentina. The edition is sponsored by:
Asociacion Argentina de Ciencias Naturales.
[Ed.]
October 1^48
73
BEETLE ECOLOGY (1)
"by John R. Dibb, F.R.E.S.
Vollaton, Nottingham
A new and extremely interesting method of approach to the
study of Beetles is gradually developing through the application of
ecological principles. This has arisen in the following way. The ex¬
panding knowledge of the Coleoptera has resulted in an ever increasing
specialisation of smaller and smaller sections of the Order, both from
the aspect of determining the specimens collected from particular geo¬
graphical areas and of recording the biological data, the former being
the special concern of the systematist and the latter that of the bio¬
logist. The specialist, whether systematists or biologist, reached the
stage however, when they realised that if further progress was to be
made in getting to know in greater detail the true relationships of the
different kinds of living things, and more exactly how they live, still
more initial data must be supplied to them by those conoerned with the
collection and observation of the organisms in the field. The field
naturalist began to widen his view to include not only the animal or
plant with which he was primarily concerned, but also the environmental
factors which he found to be of great significance in enabling him to
track down those organisms for which he \\ras searching, or directly
affected them in one way or another.
Thus arose the Science of Ecology which can be defined as:-
the study of an organism, its relation to, and how it is affected
by, all other natural organisms and physical forces within its
orbit .
I believe it correct to say that ecological studies were first
accredited to the botanists and, owing to this, there has been a con¬
siderable amount of misapprehension in the general understanding of the
meaning of the science of ecology which has quite often been written
about and spoken of as if it was only applicable to the field studies
of the plants. In fact, the ecological principles attach just as much
to the animal as to the plant kingdom.
Perhaps the most interesting and significant aspect of ecology
is its scientific method of synthesizing the various aspects of the
knowledge attaching to the living organism which forms the main line of
the particular research. Thus it will be understood that to accomplish
successfully any piece of ecological research an exceptionally wide ex¬
perience covering various aspects of nature is called for.
YTiat are these environmental factors v/hich, when taken into
consideration prove of real value to the coleopter ist? They are broadly
divisible into the two categories
(a) The biological features of the habitat.
(b) The physical features of the habitat.
The biological features of the habitat include such data as
the kind of plant or animal host, the exposure, or otherwise, to attack
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"by such natural enemies as predators, parasites and micro-fungi, and the
type of plant association such as coniferous woods, heather moors, marsh
meadows, salt marshes, etc.
The physical features of the habitat include the nature of the
soil, whether acid, neutral or alkaline, the geographical formation of
the particular area under investigation, and in the case of aquatic
species, the purity and consistency of the water, whether fresh, salt or
brackish; also the amount of exposure to climatic conditions, the altit¬
ude, temperature and humidity ranges.
The above are but a few examples of the kind of information to
be noted when the desired beetle is successfully traced in its natural
habitat, and all this data becomes highly significant not only to enable
a true conception of the actual place occupied in nature by the particu¬
lar beetle in question, but in addition, armed with sufficient ecologi¬
cal data the systematist can be aided in his determination of the spe¬
cies.
At first the latter contention may appear startling, though
due consideration will show it to be apposite.
Up to very recent times the naming of genera and species has
been dependent upon an analysis and comparision of certain of the
structural characters of the group within which the particular speci¬
men was found to belong. The higher group characters were also based
upon such taxonomic data. This explains for the commencing student how
very specialised is the knowledge of the anatomy of the coleoptera re¬
quired for differentiating the species, of which there are such a large
number, standing in close relationship from the evolutionary standpoint.
It will be seen that there are now two kinds of data which
can be used towards the determination of the species (l) the taxonomic
data based upon structure and (2) the bionomic, based upon the partic¬
ular mode of life. From each of these bases a classification of the
Order can be built up, the one being termed a Phylogenetic Classifica^-
tion because it is an attempt to arrange the component species in
accordance with evolutionary development, and the other being termed a
Bionomic Classification because it is an attempt to arrange the compon¬
ent species according to their various natural associations in life and
their specialised biological requirements.
(tc be continued)
FIFTH SUPPLEMENT
Announcement has been received from Mr. John D. Sherman, Jr.,
that the Fifth Supplement to the Leng Catalogue of Coleoptera of America,
Uorth of Mexico, by Richard E. and Ruth M. Blackwelder will be issued in
Hovember, 1948. This supplement will contain, according to the announce¬
ment, additions, corrections and bibliography for the years 1939-1947
inclusive. The price, postpaid, incredible as it may seem, is announced
as $ 7*50, nearly half what the entire original catalogue and the first
four supplements cost*.
[Ed.]
October 1948
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HOST RECORDS FOR CALOFUS AUGUSTUS LEG. (OEDEMERIBAE)
by Hugh B. Leech
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, Calif.
The larva of Cal opus angustus LeConte has been figured by
Buying and Craighead (1931 • Ent. Americana, 11 (3): 189, pi- 51, fig.
M) . Burke (1907, Ent. See. Wash. , Proc., 8 (3-4) : 64-66) recorded
larvae from the sound heartwood of a living western red cedar (Thuja
plicata) at pialschile, Wash., near sea level, and from dead and liv¬
ing alpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) at 9,000 feet elevation on Mt. Rain¬
ier, Wash. At the latter place pupae changed to adults in late August
and early September.
The species must be catholic in its tastes, for in early
March, 1929, at Vancouver, B.C. , I took larvae, pupae and adults from
the rotted roots of dead cherry (Prunus emarginata) and willow (Salix
sp.). The larvae were of several instars, the smallest 12 mm, long,
the largest 35 mm. Hi© pupae were all dead, the adults alive, fully
hardened and colored. The life history is presumably much like that of
Ditylus .
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO
"SOME RECORDS OF CARABIDAE COLLECTED OH VANCOUVER ISLAND"
(Col. Bull., 1: 51, 1947)
by Richard Guppy
Wellington, B.C.
Carabus lapelayi . This record has proved to be founded on a
misidentif ication. Prof. M. K. Hatch kindly pointed out to me that the
record must be regarded with suspicion, and later determined my material
as C. gr anal at us, an introduced species. Although I took only two of
these during this summer of 1947, and none previously, during 1948 I
secured v/ithout difficulty a long series from my garden. This is an
interesting example of the manner in which an introduced species takes
possession of new territory which it finds to its liking.
Carabus nemoralis. I was not aware at the time of writing my
previous notes, that _C . nemoralis is also introduced. This fact of
course easily accounts for my finding it at Nanaimo, but not here. Dr.
Yan Dyke, (A Review of the North American species of the Genus Carabus
Linnaeus, p. 127), states that the species travels frequently with
horticultural material, and no doubt it is spread more by this means
than by its own efforts. Recently I collected a single specimen at
Departure Bay, about half way by road between Nanaimo and my residence.
Cychrus tuberculatus . A damaged tenereal specimen was brought
to me on July lOthj 1948 by children who found it at a near-by beach.
This is only the second I have seen.
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Elaphrus clairvillei. A second example tauten June 24th, 1948
within a few feet of the spot where I secured the first seems to confirm
the idea that this overgrown wet terrain is a favored habitat of the
species. Later in the summer the dense growth of Carex and Equisetum
would hake it difficult to collect specimens even if numbers should
exist there.
WHY LOCALITY LABELS?
by Melville H. Hatch
Seattle, Wash.
One of my students recently accused me of always looking at the
locality label before attempting the identification of a beetle - of
not being willing to give weight to the specimen itself apart from the
place where it was collected. While such a charge is not, of course,
literally true, it has sufficient substance to warrant a moment's re¬
flection. The modern taxonomist’s interest in the locality label stems
from his concept of the lower classif icatory categories as populations.
The locality label is the clue to the population of which the exam-ole in
hand is a representative. The only way, for instance, to Recognize for
certain the geographical subspecies of a single example is in terms of
the locality from which the specimen came (cf. Hatch, Reflections on the
Subspecies, Ent. News LVIII, 1947, pp. 168-170) . Moreover, the modern
locality label gives the date of collection (month, day, and year) , so
that the student is able to recognize not only the general population
involved, but by reassembling in unified series the specimens taken at
one time and place is able to study the precise phase of the population
or micro-population represented. The more extensive one's series and
the more intimate one's knowledge of a fauna the more significance lo¬
cality labels assume. This "taxonomic" function of locality labels is
independent of such light as they may throw on life history and ecology.
RECENT LITERATURE
compiled by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
82. Barr, William F. , Two New Species of Cymatodera from the Southwestern
United States and Mexico, (Coleoptera: Cleridae; , Nasmann Collector,
7 : 111-114, 19417
83- Bertrand, Henri, Sur la biologie des larves de Conelatus, Bull. Soc.
Ent. Fr., 53: 35-38, 19^
84. Bourdon, Jean, Larves anomales de Timarcha geollingensis L. (2e note)
Un cas d'heterophori"e^ [Chrysomelidae J, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr~ 534
4r-457 19tTsT
85. Bourgin, Pierre, Sur Cetonia carthami s . sp . aurataeformi s Curti et
sa repartition geographiaue LCol. Scarabaeidae Bull. Soc. Ent.
Fr., 53: 47-48,1948.
October 1948 77
86. Cartwright, 0. L., Ataenius str igatus ( Say) and allied species in the
United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) , Trans. An. Ent. Soc.,
74: 147-153, 194?:
87 • Cartwright, 0. L., The American Species of Pleurophorus (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae) , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 747 131-145, 1948.
88. -Descarpentries, A., Note sur deux Buprestides asiatiques, Bull. Soc.
Ent. Fr . , 53: 62-64, ia4g7
89* Eattig, P. U., The Chrysomel idae or Leaf Beetles of Georgia, Emory
Univ. , Mus. Bull.*i 6 : 47 pp . , 1948 .
90. Fender, Kenneth M. , Some hew or Little Known C ant har idae (Coleoptera) ,
Ua smarm Collector, 7 : 117-123 ,1943 .
91. Fraser, Michael G. , Imported Cerambycidae and Buprestidae (Col . ) in
Lancashire, 1948, Ent. Monthly Mag. , §4; 190-192, 194S.
92. Jahn, Theodore Louis, and Verner Jolm Uulff, The Spectral Sensitivity
of Dytiscus fasciventris [Dytiscidae J, Jour. N. Y. Ent ._Soc . , 5b :~
109-T17, 1948.
93* LaPivers, Ira, Some Hawaiian Ecological Motes, Uasmann Collector, 7:
85-110, 1948.
94. LaRivers, Ira, A Re-Definition of the Tr ibe Edrot ini (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidaey, Ent. Hews, 59: l4I^l4"5, 19487
95* Eiu, C. L., Contributions to the knowledge of Chinese Coccinellidae .
IX. On a new ierphid Parasite of the larva of Epilachna admirabilis
in Kunming, Ent. News., 59: l46-!48 , 1948 .
96. Mequignon, A., Notes diverses sur des Coleopteres de France, Bull.
Soc. Ent. Fr., 53: 75-80, 19487
97* Numberg, M., Nowy srodziemnomorski gatunek Zrodzaju Phloeosinus Chap .
[New mediterranean species of the genus Phloeosinus Chap., Scoly-
tidaej, Polskie Pismo Ent., 17: 1^-23, 1939-1948, [1948?].
98. Peyerimhoff, P. de, Coleopteres nouveaux ou mal connus de Berberie
XIX. - Le genre Calotroglops Ab . LMalachi idae J, Bull . Soc. Ent. Fr.,
53:
99* Pic, Maurice, Nouveaux Scaphidiidae d’Afrique [Col.], Bull. Soc. Ent.
Fr . , 53: 71-72, 1948.
100. Pic, M., Complement aux S t e na sp i n i Africins, (Col . , Cerambycidae) ,
Pev. Fr. D’Ent., 15: 165-I66, 194s.
101. Rivalier, E., Note Synonymique, [Cicindelidae 1, Pev. Fr. D'Ent.,
15: 196, 1948.
102. Robinson, Mark, A New Species of Aphodius with notes on others
(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), Ent. News, 59: 113-117 » 1948.
yg . Col. Bull., Vol. II, Ho. 8
• "> • .
103. Robinson, Mark, Two new species of Neotropical Scarabaeidae (Coleo-
ptera) , Ent. Hews, 59 ' 149-151 » 1948.
104. Ruter, G. , Liste des Coleopteres Cetonides et Tri chi ides [ Scar ah. ]
recoltes dans la reserve du Banco (Cote d'Ivoire) par la mission
Paul ian~- Delamare, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. , 53 • 54-55 » 19^8-
105. Steel, W. 0., The genus Cryptusa Muls. and Rey (Col . Staphylinidae) ,
Ent. Monthly Mag. , 84: 179-180, 1940 •
106. Steel, M. 0., A new species of Xantholinus (Col. Staphylinidae) from
North Africa, Ent. Monthly Mag., 84: 186-187 , 1943 .
107. Tottenham, C. E., Stenus (Hemistenus) Pseudopubescens Strand (Col .
Staphylinidae) in Britain , Ent. Monthly Mag., 84: 188-189* 1948.
108. Townsend, C. C., Astenus melanurus Kflst (Col. Staphylinidae) new to
Britain, Ent. Monthly Mag. , 84: 183 » 1948.
EDITOR'S SECTION
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NOTICES
Robinson, Mark, 47 School Lane, Sprindfield, Del. Co., Pa.
V/ill determine specimens of Scarabaeidae of the New ^orld.
INDIAN BEETLES: Mr. P. Susai Nathan, F.R.E.S., Kurumbagaram P.O., Via
Karikal, Tanjore District, South India, can supply South
Indian beetles in any family at reasonable rates.
Guppy, Richard, R.R. 1, Marine Drive, Wellington, B.C., V.I., Canada.
Will exchange local coleoptera for any N.A. Gyrinidae, good
series in paper or alcohol. Determinations not required.
Arnett, R. H., Jr., 2826 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Va.
Exotic OEDEMERIDAE desired for revisional studies.
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BEETLE ECOLOGY (2), John E. Dibb...- . 7n
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COLLECTOR OE TROPICAL INSECTS _
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A SYSTEMATIC INDEX TO TEE KEYS AND CATALOGUES OE COLEOFTERA
PUBLISHED IN L'ABEILLE VOL. I, 1864- XXXVI, 193S,
Hatch . gl
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THE COLEOPTERI STS' BULLET I IT
--?A • _ • 9 _ _ _ November 1948
BEETLE ECOLOGY (2)
i
by John R. Dibb, F.R.E.S.
Wollaton, Nottingham
(Continued from Vol . II, pr 74, 1948)
Before briefly discussing a suggested plan of action for
coleopterological work on ecological lines the serious student may find
some value in considering a comprehensive plan upon which to base the
whole of his work.
In making ordered, or scientific investigations, into any of
the problems concerned with Nature, experience teaches us that the more
complete the data we have to work upon, the more valuable can be the
conclusions based thereon. It follows therefore, that in persuance of
our search for a more complete knowledge of the Beetles we should be un¬
wise to disregard any of the existing information relevant to our special
subject . In adopting the ecological approach we should be wrong not to
combine and use with it all the information available to us from the
vast amount of previous work which has been done and which is recorded
in the literature built up on what we vn.ll call more orthodox lines.
The essential principle of ecology, that of combining all the knowledge,
is thus brought into use from the very beginning of our studies and by
consciously keeping it in front of us, like the carrot before the nose
of the donkey, we are more likely to do successful work, or even to
make new discoveries concerning the laws of nature, than in any other
v/ay .
The beetle ecologist will therefore make a study of what we
believe to be the fundamentals of the natural sciences. This is a
huge undertaking, and without the possession of a certain background, or
flair for the assimilation of the kind. of knowledge which will be requir¬
ed for his special work, the task will be a heavy one. To those natural¬
ists who are in possession of the bent for this kind of research, the
way will not be so hard. A practical suggestion is to set oneself a
course for reading up the appropriate literature. In fact the continual
reading of the right kind of material will become second nature to the
student who is really interested in his work, and his sense of dis¬
crimination will sharpen as his experience widens.
A standard introduction to Geology is an early requirement,
for the coleopterist should provide himself with as much information as
possible upon the evolution of his chosen group of organisms. Not only
will be want to know the geological horizon in which his group first
appeared but knovUedge of the position of this group and its relation in
geological time to other related groups of organisms will be found of
value. A general work on Zoology must be included which will give an
overall viev* of the zoological kingdom and the broad interrelationships
of the diverse organisms which make up the whole. Biological study
should be based upon a sound standard work on Animal Biology, supple¬
mented by a many books and papers upon the life-histories of different
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kinds of animals (sensu lat.) as possible. In regard to insect life-
histories, mnch valuable information can be obtained from the economic,
or pest literature, which leads to the beetle ecologists1 further
requirement - the study of food plants and other beetle hosts. Ke will
find that but a partial knowledge of the local flora will be of great
advantage even though this is limited to a recognition of the natural
Orders of the plants. A good local 'flora1 will assist him in this
respect .
The ecologist must not disregard the general subject of the
origins of the different forms of life and it follows therefore that the
Darwinian conception of evolution, the origin of specific forms, Mendel* s
theory of hereditary characteristics and de Vries1 exposition of the
origin of species by mutation should be covered. The earlier works in
this connection such as that of Lamarch ought not to be omitted.
Keeping to our plan of gathering a broad background of
knowledge upon which to base our own ideas in connection with our
chosen group, we come to a consideration of the information required
upon the Insecta as a whole. For this purpose we want a standard text¬
book of Entomology which covers the Morphology, Biology and Systematics
of the subject as well as providing good bibliographies to each order of
insects. The extent of each insect order and the differing ways of like
of their representative species are factors of significance to the
coleopterist who will find that many of the beetles are associated with
other insects in various ways during their life stages. For example the
beetle egg, larva, pupa or imago may comprise the food of some other
insect, or be the host for insect and other parasites.
It is then necessary to study the systematics of the Insecta
to ascertain, as far as possible, the present classification, and pre¬
liminary details for this purpose will be found in the textbook of ento¬
mology above mentioned. This will give some idea of the basis upon which
the modern classification of the order Coleoptera stands. It is at this
stage will be found of particular value a knowledge of the "outstanding
theories of species origins and evolutionary development culled from the
above mentioned, and other standard works upon evolution, for a classifica¬
tion of our particular group can only be a sound one if it truly pictures
the way in which its component species have evolved and are now evolving,
and in addition, shows clearly the relationships between its own and
allied insect orders. Incidentally it will become more and more plain to
the ecologist that the present basis of the classification of the beetles
is extremely rudimentary and that there is a crying need for a great
amount of bionomic and taxonomic data which he -can provide for himself
and specialists to work upon.
(to be continued)
COLLECTOR OF TROPICAL IHSE.CTS
Prof. C. P. Alexander informs the editor that ’’the well-known
tropical collector, William Clark MacIntyre, Cojimies, Manabi, ECUADOR is
resuming collecting and would be interested to hear from prospective
buyers.” MacIntyre and his native assistants are known to \be among the
most efficient collectors of tropical insects.
R.H.A.
November 1948
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A SYSTEMATIC INDEX TO THE KEYS AND CATALOGUES
OF COLEOPTERA PUBLISHED III L’ABEILLE
VOL. I, 1864 - XXXVI, 1938
by Melville H. Hatch
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
The present index cites the keys, catalogues, and some cnf the
other more extensive papers contained in the first thirty-six volumes of
L'Abeille. The citations to keys are arranged in the sequence of Winkler’s
Catalogus Coleopt erorum regionis palaearcticae 1924-1930, except for the
Curculionidae which are arranged in the sequence of Heyden, Reitter, and
Weise’s Catalogus Coleopt erorum Europae, Caucasi et Armeniae Rossicae, 1906.
Unless otherwise noted the keys are to the species inhabiting" Europe and,
frequently, the farther shores of the Mediterranean.
In addition to the species covered in the keys, the first
twenty-six volumes especially contain an enormous number of isolated
specific descriptions translated and reprinted from other journals or
descriptions of species in genera where, for one reason or another, no
key was provided. So extensive is this material that few bibliographers
have done it justice. It will certainly pay anyone who. has a set of
L'Abeille available to search it for otherwise unavailable descriptions
of Palaearctic species even though it is not cited in the bibliographies.
A detailed alphabetical index should be prepared for the entire
series. See Vol. XXIV, 1886-87, p. vi-x for a table of contents to the
first twenty-four volumes.
1. General
Marseul, Ouvrages utiles a consulter pour 1' etude des Colfeoptfcres de
1 'ancien-monde. XVI, 1877, P* i-xv.
- Les Entomologistes et leurs ecrits. XX, 1882, p. 1-60; XXI, 1883,
p. 61-120; XXII, 1884, p. 121-144; XXIV, 1886, p. 145-192; XXV,
1888, p. 193-224; XXVI, I8S9, p. 225-286.- brief biographical
sketches with bibliographies of about 70 entomologists.
II . Catalogues
EUROPE: Marseul IV, I867, p. I-I31 (Catalogue); XVI, 1877, p. 1-85
(supplement of species described since 1863) ; XX, 1882 - XXVI,
1889, P* 1—559 (catalogue).- Francois XXX, 1905, p. 251-252 (Thor-
ectes, l6 sp . ) .
FRAHCE: Sainte-Claire-Deville XXIX, IS98, p. 81-89 (162 sp. from Aloes-
Mari times); XXX, 1901, p. 6l-72 (84 sp. from Dent, de Sud-Est),
1904, p.( 181-208 (181 sp.), 1906, p. 237-248 (57 sp.), 1906, p. 26l-
2o'S (58 sp.); XXXI, 1909. p. 129-151 (l4o sp.).- Mequignon XXX, 1904,
p. 229-234 (ll6 sp. from d1 Indre-et-Loire) .- Saint e-Claire Deville
and Mequignon XXXVI, 1935-1938, 467 pp. (8473 sp.).
MOROCCO: Segonzac XXX, 1904, p. 223- 228 (50 sp.).
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TUNIS: Normand XXX, 1904, p. 209-222 (bibl. cat. of Pselaphidae) .
SINAI: Peyerinhoff XXXI, 1907 » P* 1-55 (300 sp.).
MALAY ARCEEPELAGO: Marseal I, 1864, p. 271-341 (101 sp. of Histeridae) .
III. Isolated Descriptions
Marseal, Repertoire des Col&opt&res d’Europe dfecrits isol&ment depais
1863 . VIII, 1874, p. 1-412; IX, 1872, p. l-44g; XII, 1874, p. 1-456.
- Nouveau Repertoire contenant les descriptions des esp&ces de Colfeop-
tfcres de 1 ‘Ancien-Monde publi&es isolfenent oa en langues etrangAres
en dehors des Monographies oa Trait&s sp&ciaux et de l'Abeille. XIX,
1880, p. 1-524; XX, 1882, p. 1-195; XXII, 1884, p, 1-86; XXIII, 1885,
p. 1-392; XXVI, 1889, P- 237-304 (1-68) .
Hochhath IV, 1867, p. 148-185 (Rassian Staphylinidae) .
Chaadoir V, IS68-69, p. 219-260 (Feronia) .
Valtl VI, 1868, p. 2-33 (Spain), 33-66 (Tarkey), 66-82 (Passaa) .
Motschalsky XVI, 1878, p. 52-168 ( Siberia-186o) ; XVIII, 1881, p. 51-152
(Siberia- 1844).
In addition Vol. I-XVIII contain many other isolated descriptions.
IV. Keys
C I Cl NDELLIDAE
Bedel XXIX (sappl.), 1895, P- 1-1*3 (n. Africa).
CARABIDAE
Bedel XXIX (sappl.), 1895 - XXXI (sappl.), 1914, p. 13-320 (n. Africa).
1
NEBRIINAE: Nebria Motschalsky IV, 18 67, p. 249 (15 sp. gyllenhali-groaj),
p. 252 ( 6 sp. brevicollis-group) .
NOTIOPHILINAE: Notiophilas Motschalsky 1. c., p. 209 (12 sp.); Putzeys
XIX, 1880, p. 22-29 (17 sp., world).
TRACHYPACHINAE : Trachypachys Motschalsky IV, IS67, p. 209 (3 sp.).
SCARITINAE: Reicheia Holdhaas XXXII, 1-924, p. l6l-220.
BEMBIDIINAE Motschalsky IV, 1867, P- 203-208 (genera and sabgenera) .
TRECHINAE Jeannel XXXII, 1926, p. 221-550; XXXIII, 1927, p. 1-592; XXXV,
1928, p. 1-808; XXXIV, 1930, p. 59-122 (world).
EHLAENI INAE : Chlaenius Marseal XIX, 1880, p. 182-165 (62 sp.); Motschal¬
sky IV, I867, p. 237 (2 sp. Chlaenites ) , p. 233 (9 sp. nigricornis-
ITovemher 1948
S3
group), p. 236 ( 7 sp . velutinus- group) , p. 236 ( 5 sp. circumscrip—
tus-group) .
LUCININAE: Amhlystomus Motschulsky l.c.f p. 220 (Hispalis.- 4 sp.).
HARPALINAS: Ditomini Piochard de la Brulerie XI, 1S71, p. 1-100 (XV in
U. of V. set). Harpalus Motschulsky IV, I867, p. 214 (7 suhg.);
Tschit scherine XXIX, I898, p. 97 (3 sp. of optahilis-group) .
Stenolophus Motschulsky IV, IS67, p. 212 (15 sp.). Acupalpus-
Bradycellus Motschulsky l.c., p. 213 (5 gen. and subgen.) .
FTERO STI CEI 1TAE Motschulsky l.c., p. 238 (certain groups of gen.). Amara
Putzeys IV, IS67, p. l43 (subg.); XI, 1870, p. 1-100 (Eur.) (XI I in
U. of W. set) ; Tachit scherine XXIX, 1898, p. 101-102 (5 suhg. re¬
lated to Amathit es) , p. 104-105 (4 sp. of abdominal is- group) .
Pterostichus Chaudoir XIV, 1874-75, p. 1-54 (suhg. Poecilus) ;
Tschit scherine XXIX, 1899, P* 284-287 (suhg. Lagarus) . Percus-
Motschulsky IV, I867, p* 239 (22 sp.); Perez-Arcas VII, I870, p.
LXXVIII (6 sp.). Sphodrini Motschulsky IV, IS67, p. 226 (9 sp.
related to Sphodrus) . Platynini Motschulsky l.c., p. 227-230 (10
gen. or suhg. with 3 sp. pf suhg. Limodromus) .
AEPHNIDI IIIA.E : Aephnidius- Masoreus Motschulsky l.c., p. 221 (Mazoreus —
5 sp . ) .
LEBIIiTAE: Lehia Motschulsky l.c., p. 217 (8 sp.). Demetrias Motschulsky
l.c., p. 218 (3 sp.). Cymindis Motschulsky l.c., p. 221-224 (7 suhg.
with sp. of P s ananas tus and Tams) .
BRACHYIIIilAE : Brachynus Motschulsky l.c., p. 215 (group of sp.) .
PXUSSIDAE
Reitter XXI, 1883, P* 2~3 .
H YDROPH I L I DAE
Qchthehius Marseul IV, I867, p. LXIV (4 sp . of suhg. Calohius) . Hydraena
Saint e-Cl air e-Beville XXX, 1906, p. 283-287 ( 9 n. African sp.) .
Limnehius Peyerimhoff XXXI, 1909, p. 121-128 (Limnohius .- n. Africa).
Laccohius Marseul XX, 1882, p. l4o (ll sp.). Enochrus Eeyden XIV,
I876, p. XCVIII-XCIX (Philhydrus .- 8 sp.).
SILPKIDAE
Marseul XXII, 1884, p. 3-6 (genera).
Nicrophorus Marseul l.c., p. 183- Silphini Marseul l.c., p. 1 43-146 .
Speonomus Jeannel XXXI, I9OS-O9, p. 57-102. Blattochaeta Jeannel
XXXIV, 1930, p. 123-127* Antroherpon Jeannel l.c., p. 127-148.
Catopinae Marseul XXII, 1884, p. 62-65 (Catops) . Choleva Jeannel
XXXII, 1923, p. 1-160.
(Marseul XXII, 1884, p. 1-204.- descriptive catalogue.)
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CLAMB I DAE
Calyptomerus Marseul XXII, 1884, p. 51* Cl ambus Marseul l.c., p. 46—47.
Lori caster Marseul l.c., p . 49-50 •
SCYDMAEiTIEAE
Marseul XXIV, 1887, P* cvii (genera); Reitter XXI, 1883. P* 131-201, 2l4;
XXIV, 1888, p. 44-72. ileuraph.es Fauvel XXIX, 1898, p. 91 (5 sp.
elongatulus- group) .
0RTH0PERIDAE
Sacium Reitter XVI, 1877, p* 1-7 • Ar thro lips Reitter XVI, 1877, P* 7-10.
Orthoperus Marseul XXII, 1884, p. 55~5k*
PTILIIDAS
Matthews XVI, 1872, p. 1-70 (frichopterygidae) (XVII I in U. of \J . set).
SCAPHIDIIBAE
Reitter XVIII, 1880, p. 130-132 (transl.).
S TAPHYL I N I DAE
Oxyporus Fauvel I, 1864, p. 3^9-372. Stenus Bedel VII, 1870, p. 92 (5
sp . at er- group) .
PSELAPHIDAE
Reitter XXI, 1883, p* 7-131. 202-2131 XXV, 1888, p. 4-44.
CLAVIGERIDAE
Reitter XXI, p. 3-7, 202; XXV, 1888, p. 3*
HISTERIDAE
Trypanaeus Marseul I, 1864, p. 281 (4 Malayan sp.). Acritus Marseul XXII,
1884, p. 84. Care inops Marseul I, 1864, p. 328 (22 sp. world).
Epierus Marseul l.c., p. 325 (37 sp. v/orld). Apohletes Marseul l.c.,
p. 287 (13 sp.). Platysoma Marseul l.c., p. 292 (4o sp . world).
Phelister Marseul l.c., p. 312 (3& sp. worlfl) .
LYCIDAE
Bourgeois XX, 1882, p. 1-117 (old world). Dictyop terms Lajoye XIV, 1875.
p. XLIII (Eros.- 7 sp.).
LAMP YRI DAE
Olivier XXII, 1884, p. 1-56, 1-4.
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CAN TEAR I DAE
Marseul I, 1S64, p. 1-108 (Telephoridae) . Malthinini Marseul XVI, 1877,
p- 1-120 (old world) .
MALACHIIDAE
Peyron XV, 1877, P- 1-312.
CLERIDAE
Clerus Champenois XXX, 1900, p. 1-46 (palaearctic) .
ELATERIDAZ
Aeolus Reitter (transl. by Bedel) XXVII, 1891, p. 157-IpO.
BUPRESTIDAE
Marseul II, IS65, p. 1-540. Sphaenoptera Morawitz I, 1864, p. XLII-
XLV »
OSTOMIDAE
Marseul XXIII, 1885* p. 145-146 ('Trogositidae genera).
NITIDULIDAE
Marseul XXIII, 1885, P* 19 (genera). Meligethes Brisout de Barneville
VIII, 1872, p. 1-36; Marseul XXIII, 1885, P- 84-102. Carpophilus
Marseul l.c., p. 35* Epuraea Marseul l.c., p. 46. Cychramus
Marseul l.c., p. 120. Cybocephalus Reitter XIII, 1875* P* CXCI-
CXCIV; Marseul EXII, 1884, p. 41-43.
(Marseul XXIII, 1885, p* 19-132.- descriptive catalogue.)
REIZOPEAGIDAE
Mequignon XXXI, 1909, p. 103-119 (Palaearctic); XXXI, 1914, p. 157-180
(world) .
(Marseul XXIII, 1885> p. 132-142.- descriptive catalogue.)
CUCUJIDAE
Airaphilus Marseul l.c., p. 252-254 (Aerophilus) .
EROTYLIDAE
Bedel V, IS67, p. 1-50, 136; Reitter XXVI, ISS9, p. 149-166 (1-18).
CRYPTOPEAGIDAE
Reitter (transl. by Bedel) XXVII, 1891, p. l6l-234. Telmatophilus
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Mar seal XXIII, 1685, P* 263-264. Cryptophagini-Atomarini Mar seal
1 . c . , p. 268-270 (genera). Cryptophagas Marseal l.c., p. 275-281.
Atomaria Marseal l.c., p. 323-327*
THORICTIDAE
Thorictas Marseal l.c., p. 381-391*
LATHRIDIIDAE
Reitter and Gozis XVIII, 1881, p. 1-178 (old world). Merophysia
Kiesenwet ter VIII, 1872, p. CXXXVII (6 sp.).
MYCETOPKAG-IDAE
Marseal XXIII, 1865, P* 3^5 (genera).
COLYBIIDAE
Marseal XXIII, 1885, P* 159-163 (genera). Tarphias Marseal l.c., p.
172-174. Cerylon Marseal l.c., p. 213-215*
(Marseal l.c., p. 159-216.- descriptive catalogae.)
ENDOMYCHIDAE
Marseal V, I867-68, p. 51-138 and sapplernent XXVI, I889, p* I67-IS6
(1-20) .
COCCINELLIDAE
Weise (transl. by Sicard) XXVIII, 1892-93, P* 1-84 and supplement by
Bedel, p. 85-95; Weise l.c., p. 105-107 (genera). Hippodamia
Bedel l.c., p. 108.
BOSTRYCHIDAE
Lesne XXX, I90I, p. 73-168, 1905, p. 249-251, 1906, p. 282 (Palaearctic) .
Stephanopachys Bedel XXVIII, 1894, p. l49-150. Micrapate Lesne XXX,
1906, p. 269-281 (7 Cent. Amer. sp.).
OEDlMERIDAE
Marseal XXV, 1887, p. 1-38.
ANTHICIDAE
Marseal XVII, 1879, P* 1-268 (old world).
MELOIDAE
1895, p. 180. Meloe Baudi de Selve XVII, 1878,
Diaphorocera Bedel XXVIII,
p. 75-80 (old world).
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MORDELLIDAE .
Emery XIV, I876, p. 1-128. Macrosiagon Chobaut XXVIII, IS95, p. 181-
192 (Mediterranean sp.) .
ALLECUL IDAE
Omoghlus Kir sch VII, ' i 869-70, p. 49-83; Bedel , XXVI II, 1894, p. 157-174
(n. African sp.). '
4
' ~ ■ ' TENEBRI OH IDAE
«
Pachychile Feyerimhoff XXXIV, 1927. p. 1-57 (n. Africa). Stenosinae
Reitter XXVI, 1889, P* 187-236 • (1-50) . Asida Allard VI, 1869, P-
159-304. Akis Morawirz IV, I867, p. LXXVI I ( 5 sp. of subg.
C^hogeniay] Phaleria Baudl XVIII, 1880, p. 37 (5 sp.) . Helopinae
Allard XIV, IS76, p. 1-80 (world). Laena Weise XVII, 1879,” p. 89-
91.
S C ARAB AE IDAE
* t
COPRINAE: Scarabaeus Bedel XXVII, 1892, p. 281-288. Pinotus Harold
VI, 18 69., P • 123-1 44 . Chironit is, Qnitis, Babas van Lansberge
XXVII, 1892, p. 251-260. Onthophagini d'Orbigny XXIX, 1898, p.
117-254; sappl . XXIX, 1900, p. 289-300 (Palaearctic) .
GEOTRUPINAE: Geotrapes Preud XIV, 1874, p. VI I- VI I I (8 Belgian sp.).
Lethras Solsky XXIV, 1887, P* CXVIII (10 sp.) .
APKODIIITAE, AEGIALIIHAE, CHIROHIHAE d’Orbigny XXVIII, I896, p. 197-271.
ORPHHIHAE: Kybalas Marseul XVIII, 1880, p. 119 (8 sp.); Bedel XXVIII,
1894, ,p. i47-149.
GLAPHYRINAE: Glaphyras Harold VI (2), 1070, p. 1-24. Amphicoma Reitter
(transl. by ae Peyerimhoff) XXIX, IS96, p. 1-12; sappl . by
Champenois, p. 12-19*
SERI CINAE: -Hymenopl ia Heyden- XI V , IS76, p. XCIV-XCV (10 sp.) .
TRICEIIHAE: Osmoderma Bedel • XXX, 1906,. p. 253-258 (6 sp. -v/orld) .
CET01TINAE Reitter (transl. by Groazelle) XXVIII, 1893-94, p. 109-138;
sappl. by Bedel, p. 139-146.
CERAMBY C IDAE
Rhamnasium Bedel XXIX, 1897, p* 43-44. Molorchas Abeille de Perrin
XVIII, 1881, p. 133* Callimus Abeille de Perrin l.c., p. 134.
CHRY SOMEL I DAE
Cryptocephalinae Marseul XIII, 1874, p. 1-3*26; XIV, 1874, p. i-ii.
Eomolpinae Laf&vre and Marseul XIV, IS76, p. 1-32. Chrysomela
Marseul XXIV, 1886-87* p* 109-298 (1-190) . Colaspidema-Colaphellus
Marseul XXV, 1888, p. 359-368 (6l-70) (Colaspiflema) . Phaedon
ss
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Marseul l.c., p. 381-394 (83-96); XXVI, 1889, P- 395-403 (97-105).
Gastroidea Marseul XXV, 1888, p. 369-37/ (71-79) (Gastrophysa) .
Cyr tonus Marseul XXI, 1883, p. 3-27- Apterocuris-Prasocuris
Marseul XXVI, 1889, P- 426-441 (l2S-l4'3) (Prasocuris) . Melasoma
Marseul XXV, 1888, p. 299-315 (1-17) (Lina) . Phytodecta Marseul
l.c., p. 327-359 (26-6l) (Gonioctena) . Phyllodecta Marseul XXVI,
1889, p. 412-426, 446 (llU-126, l4g) (Phratora) . Timarcha Marseul
XXI, 1883, p. 27-100. Entomoscelis Marseul XXV, 1888, p. 318-327
(20-29). Galerucinae Joannis III, 1866, p. 1-168. Halt icinae
Allard III, 1866, p." 169-503.
(Marseul XXI, 1883, P- 1-108; XXIV, 1886-87, p. 109-29S (1-190); XXV,
1888, p. 299-394 (1-96); XXVI, ‘ 1889, p. 395-446 (1-148) .- descrip¬
tive catalogue of Chrysomelinae . )
; MELYRIDAE
Marseul VII, (2), 1870, p. 1-270.
CUP. Cm ION IDAE
OTIORHYNCHINAE Marseul X, 1871-72, p. 1-452; XI, 1872, p. 453-658,
749-768. Otiorhynchus Stierlin XI, 1872, p. 7^9—815 ; XVI, 1878,
p. 36 (l4 sp.), p. 4l-42 (4 sp. longipes-group) . Peritelus
Saint e-Claire-Deville XXX, 1906, p. 258-260 (4 French sp. of subg.
Meira) . Phyllobius, Myllocerus Desbrochers des Loges XI, 1872-73,
p. 659-748 (Phylloh i i des7"7
BRACHYDERINAE: Psalidium Marseul VIII, 1871, p. XCVII (10 sp.).
TYCHIINAE: Anoplus Sainte-Claire-Deville XXX, 1906, p. 266 (3 sp.).
Nanophyes Brisout de Barneville VI, IS69, p- 305-352 (Europe,
Algeria) . Magdalis Desbrochers des Loges VII, 1870, p. 1-64
(Magdalinus~ Apion Uencker I, 1864, p. 109-270.
RHYNCHITIHAE- NEMONY CHI DAE Marseul and Desbrochers des Loges V, I869,
p. 297-428.
SCOLYTIDAE
Eichoff XIII, 1874, p. 15-17 (genera); (transl. by Laprieur) XXVII,
1390, p. 1-152.
DEATH NOTICE
Word has been received of the death of GILBERT JOHN ARROW,
famous British Coleopterist . Mr. Arrow was born December 20, 1873 at
Streatham, England. He joined the staff of the British Museum (Natural
History) in IS96. He died October 5» 1948 after an operation. Mr.
Arrow wrote four volumes of the famous "Fauna of British India" series,
and over 100 papers. He particularly specialized on the families
Scarabaeidae & Endomychidae . ‘
L
R.H.A.
i'ovember 1942
29
THE K. F. CHAMBERLAIN COLLECTIOIJ OF COLEOPTERA
Henry Dietrich
Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y.
Through the generosity of Mrs. Helen V. Chamberlain, the
beetle collection formed, by her late husband, mostly, before he became
Assistant State Entomologist in 1926 has been given to Cornell University.
It is especially rich in the north-eastern fauna and covers all the
families of beetles, mostly with long series, superbly mounted. The
aquatics are especially well represented. Most, over 90$, of the
collection is determined, in many cases by other’ specialists.
The only type in the collection is the Kolotype and Allotype
of Gyrinus gehringi Chamberlain which has been given Cornell U. Type
Do. 2475- The two types seem to be the only specimens of the species.
The collection contains 31 j 500 'specimens, all mounted. Of
these, 30,000 are from Uotth America, north of the Mexican border
comprising nearly 6,000 species. The 1,500 exotic specimens represent
about 250 species.
For obituary notice see: 1942 The Coleopterist s' Bulletin,
2: 35 "by C. A. Frost.
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130. Gilmour, E. F. , Further New Lamiinae (Col., Cerambycidae), Ent. Month¬
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133* Gilmour, E. F. , Gn the genus Dictator Thomson, (Col., Cerambycidae),
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134. Gilmour, E. F.t Trinophyllura cribratum Bates ( Col . , Cerambycidae)
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nrr 157-193 » 19^ •
15s.
Pic, M. , Sur divers Coleopteres Phytophages de la Republique
Argentine, Rev. Soc. Ent. Argentina, 14: 51“55» 1948 .
159.
Plank, H. K., BiSlogy of the bamboo powder post beetle [Dinoderus
minutus] in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) Agr. Expt . Sta.
Bull"."," 44: 29 p., 1948.
l60.
Robinson, Mark, Remarks on a few Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera), Ent.
News, 59: 175-177, 1948.
l6l.
Reclaire, A. , Wordt de boktor Spondylis buprestoides L. door verf-
resp. terpenli jngeur aangelokt?, Ent. Berichten, 12: 251-252, 1948
162.
Remaudiere, G. , Ethologie de Gastroidea viridula De Geer (Col .
Chrysomelidae), Rev. de Path. Veg. et d’Ent. Agr. de France, 27:
38-53, 1948."
Ruffo, Sandro, Studi sui Crisomelidi II, Nota su alcune specie t
italiane dei generi Chrysomela L. E. Chrysochloa Hope ]_ Chrysomelidae ],
Infcit. Ent. Bologna, 15: 171-182, 1*346.
164.
Russo, Giuseppe, Scolitidi del Pino del littorale toscano [Scolytidae ],
Boll. Istit. Ent. Bologna, 15: 297-31i+> 194b.
165.
Saylor, L. If. , Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles
of the subfamily Dynast inae, No . 5: K ey s to tribes and genera,
Jour. Nash. Acad. Sci., 38: 240-243, 1948.
l66 .
Sturani, Mario, No t izii ecologiche ed etologische sul ’’Carabus
olympiae11 sella! (Coleoptera, Carabidae) , Boll. Istit. Ent. Bologna,
16: 23-84, “19 4'7.
[Additional ref. cont. in next issue.]
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CONTENTS
RECENT LITERATURE . 93
194S LIST OR DETERi ' IliERS AND RSVISOXS EXCHANGE NOTICES.]. 94
LIST OF LAMES AID ADDRESSES PUBLISHED IN VOLUTiESI & II . 103
INDEX TO VOLUME 1 1 .j .] . . 10b
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RECENT LITERATURE
compiled "by Ross K. Arnett, Jr.
(cont . from p. 92)
167.
Blackwelder , Richard E. &. Rath M., Fifth supplement 1939 to 19^7 ( incl¬
usive) to the Leng catalogue of coleopt era cf America, North of
Mexico, pp. 1-87, Mount Vernon, N.Y., John D. Sherman, Jr., October
1948,"$ 7-50.
l6S. Brimhlecomhe, A. R. , lyctus (Power Post) “beetles in Queensland
Timbers, Queensland Agric. Jour., 65: 172-185* 19^+7 *
169. G-add, C. H. , Studies of shot-hole borer of tea. 1_. Distribution
and nomenclature, Tea Quar. , 18: 4t>Q>4, 1946.
170. Kapur, A. P. , On the old world species of the genus Stethorus Neise
(Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Bull, of Ent. Res., 39? 297-320, 1948.
171* Kapur, A. P. , On the genus Tetrabrachys (Lithophilus) with notes on
its biology and a k< ry to the species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) ,
Trans. Royal Ent. Soc., Lond. , 99? 319-340, 1948.
172. McDermott, Frank A. , The Common Fireflies of Delaware, p. 3-12, 1 pi.,
1948, Wilmington, Delaware, [published by the author].
173* Rishee, J. , Note sur deux Cerambyc idae nuisibles des colonies
francaises, Agron,. trop. , 1: 504-509* 1946.
174. Ritcher, P. 0., Descriptions of the larvae of some Ruteline beetles
with keys to tribfs and species, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer . , 4l ; 20 0-
212, 1948.
175. T esta, E., The coffee berry borer [Stephanoderes hampei ]. (In
Portuguese) .Sao j’aulo. Supt . dos Serv do Cafe. B. 22: 693-702,
1947.
176. Vaurie, Patricia, A review of the North American Langur i idae, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Fist., 92: 123-155"* 1942.
177* Wilson, H. B., Wocd borers in buildings in Victoria, Victoria Dept.
Agr . Jour., 46T~?.83-1S9, 194-2.
178. Wittmer, N. , Beitjrag zur kenntnis der Neotropischen Malacodermata,
Rev. Soc. -Ent., Argentina] 14; 17-221, 1948.
179. Wittmer, W. f Sup;*! em ent au catalogue des Drilidae E. Oliv . (Col .
Malacodermata)] *Rev. Soc. Ent. Argentina, l4 : 115-116. 1948.
1$0. Zikan, J. F. , “ nero Parandra Latr. 1804, com a descricoo de l4
especies nova ol . Cerambyc.), Rev. Soc. Ent. Argentina, T4: 22*
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194S LIST OF DETERMINERS AND RBVISORS AIT) EXCHANGE NOTICES
compiled "by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.
Before sending any material to any person listed below, you
must write to them and make advanced arrangements. As far as is known
by the compiler, all persons listed are reliable scientific workers, but
no responsibility is assumed by the compiler for loss of material or
misunderstandings resulting from the use of this list.
Each determiner who responded to our recent questionnaire is
listed below under the family name which is the specialty of the deter¬
miner. The list of families are those recognized in Leng» s catalogue
(1920) and the five supplements, (192$, 1933. 1939* & 1948). The
arrangement is the result of the changes recommended by several recent
authors. [Family names in brackets are not North American.] (Family
names in parentheses are considered synonyms of the family name used
unless it is indicated that it is a group at times recognized as a
family, but here included with another family.)
This complete list of families is given for the purpose of
showing to the reader the many groups which are -either not being worked
on at present, or for which no person known to the compiler is willing to
make determinations for other Coleopterists . Supplements will be made
to this list in future issues as the information is sent to the compiler.
To make the list as complete as possible, volume and page
references are given to previous notices which have appeared in the
bulletin under each family concerned.
Correct current addresses as far as is '‘known may be found in
the alphabetical index to addresses which follows this list.
COLEOPTERA (General)
Can offer material of various groups of coleoptera from the south,
Alabama and North Carolina. William Rosenberg.
(North-east U.S.)
Will determine Coleoptera, north-east, but always write first, before
sending any material. Prof. Henry Dietrich.
Suborder ARCHOSTEMATA
1. Cupesidae
Suborder ADSPKAGA
Revising the Adephaga of the Pacific Northwest (B.C., Washington, Idaho,
Oregon). Will determine the Adephaga of the Pacific Northwest . Prof.
Melville H. Hatch.
2. Rhysodidae
December 1948
3. Cicindelidae
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Will determine Cicindelidae of Worth and Central America. Desire material
of Cicindelidae of the world. Can offer in exchange material of Coleoptera
from U.S., Mex.f Central America and Peru.. S. Gray wood Smyth.
Also: 1:90, l:3-(Beer), l:13-(Cook), 1:25- (Dahl), l:5-(Snns) , 2:8-(Hayes),
1:27 & 1:34- (Summerville) , 1:85, 2:20 & 2: 30- (Valentine) , 2:30-(Beer).
4. Carahidae (Incl. Pseudomorphidae)
Revising Carahidae from Hew Guinea, Philippines, and adjacent areas. I
will determine Carahidae from these regions, (no others) . I would like
to receive Carahidae from these areas and. will huy at reasonable prices
from other interesting parts of the world. I can offer Carahidae from
these regions and from Australia and the West Indies. P. J. Darlington, Jr.
I will determine Hearctic Carahidae. Wm. C. Stehr .
Also: 1:89: l:13-(Cook), 1:4- (Darlington) , 1 :25-(Everly) , 1 :25-(Battig) ,
2:9-(Hamon) , 1 :54-( vanDoesburg) , 2:8 & 2:20-(VanHoegaerden) , l:7-(Stehr),
2:50 & 2:60-(Vezensky) .
5- Omophronidae
[Paussidae]
6. Amphizoidae
I am revising the Hydrocanthares. I will determine Amphizoidae, Hygrobi-
idae, Haliplidae, Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae. I would like to receive
material of these groups from anyplace in the world. I can offer in
exchange material of Coleoptera in all groups. Raymond Mo u champs .
Also : 1:89: 1:33- (Mouchamps) •
7. Haliplidae
See Mouchamps above, .ilso : 1:92.; 1 : 55- (Beech) , 1 :32-(l!alkin) , l:33-(Mouch-
amps), 1 :33-(?earce) , 1 : 26- (Pearce) .
[Hygrobidae]
See Mouchamps above. Also : 1:92; 1 : 33- (Mouchamps) .
8. Dytiscidae (Incl. Hoteridae)
Will determine Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae in small lots of well-mounted
specimens. Mr. Hugh 3. Leech. Also : See Mouchamps above. 1:91; 1:25-
(Chandler), 2:9-(Hamon), 1 :55-(Beech) , 1 :33- (Mouchamps) .
9. Gyrinidae
Will exchange local coleoptera for any N. A. Gyrinidae, good series in
paper or alcohol. Determinations not required. Richard Guppy . Also :
See Mouchamps above. 1:91; 2:70 & 2: 7&-(Guppy) , 1 : 55- (Beech), 1 : 32- (Malkin) ,
1 : 33- (Mouchamps) .
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Suborder HAPLOGASTRA
Superfam. Eydrophiloidea
10. Hydrophilidae (Incl. Helophoridae, Hydro chi dae, & Hydro scaphidae)
Revising Hydrochara, Laccobius (Hydrophilidae) . Will determine Pytiscidae,
Hydrophilidae in small lots of well-mounted specimens. Would like to
receive material particularly from Nebr . , Colo., Kans., Okla. of
Hydrochara (H. obtusata) . j£an offer material of western aquatics.
Mr. Hugh 5. Leech. Also : 1:92; 1 ; 25- ( Chandler) , 1:6, 1 :l4 & 1 :55-(Leech) .
11. Sphaeritidae
Superfam. St aphyl inoidea
12. Limnebiidae
13. Leptodiridae (Catopidae)
14. Clambidae
15. Leiodidae (Anisotomidae)
16. Sphaeriidae
17. Ptiliidae, (Trichopterygidae) . See: 1:93; l:15-(Dybas) .
IS. Scydmaenidae. See : 1:93; 1:26 & 1 :33~(Pearce) *
19. Pselaphidae. See: 1:93; 1:26 & 1 :33-(Pearce)
20. Clavigeridae
21. Silphidae
Would like to buy material particularly from Northern South America
(G-uianas) of Silpha subgenus Oxelytrum. R. L. Araujo.
Desire material of Silphidae from any part of the world. Can offer local
material in exchange. Dr . Edwi n P . Me ine r s .
I am studying the family Silphidae, especially the Tribe Nicrophorini .
Will determine the tribe Nicrophorini, especially U.S. species. I would
like to receive material from any place in the world of the tribe
Nicrophorini. I can offer a few local Silpha, Staphylinids, Histerids,
etc. in exchange and will attempt to collect other families. Raymond Q,.
Bliss .
Also : 1:94; 1 :3-(Arnett) , 1:3. 1:13. & 2:S-(31iss), 1 :4-(Bott imer) .
22. Leptinidae
23 • Platypsyllidae
24. Staphylinidae
Revising the Termitophilous Staphylinidae of the world, subtribe
Gyrophaenae, Aleocharinae . Will determine the above groups. Charles H.
Seevers. Also : 1:94; l:32-(Last) , 1 :6-( Seevers) .
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25. Brathinidae
26. Limulodidae
[Phaenocephalidae]
Superfara. Kisteroidea
27. Kisteridae. See: 1:92; 1 : 3- (Arnett) , 1 : 27- (Wenzel ) .
28. Scaphidiidae
[Synteliidae]
29. Monoedidae (Adimeridae)
Superfam. Scarabaeo idea
30. Lucanidae
Will determine world Lucanidae, for the privilege to retain suitable
duplicates; will purchase material of desirable or lacking stag-beetles
at reasonable prices. Desire for study Neotropical Lucanidae.
Bernard Benesh. Also : 1:92; 1 : 24— (Benesh) , 2 : S- (Hayes) .
31. Passalidae . See: 1:93; 1 :34-(vanDoesburg) .
32. Scarabaeidae (Incl. Trogidae) .
Will determine Coprinae and Geotrupinae from Mexico. Would like to
receive material particularly from forth America and Central America
of Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae. I can offer in exchange material of
different families from Central Mexico. Jorge Kendricks
Desire material of Coprinae (Scarabaeidae) from any part of the world.
Can offer local material in exchange. Dr. Edvdn P. Meiners.
Revising Phyllophaga (Scarabaeidae), will determine same. Would like to
receive material particularly from the United States ana Canac.a of tnis
group, and can offer material of this genus in exchange . Dr. Philip
Luganbill .
Revising the genus Euryst ernus (Sisyphini). Eduardo Wavajns.
Revising Ataenius, Aphodius, Psammodius, (Scarabaeidae). Will determine
Aphodinae, Worth American Scarabaeidae. 0. L. Cartixrright .
Also: 1:93; l:4-(3ottiner) , 1:3 & 2:30-(3eer), 1:13 & 1:25- (Cartwright),
T7l3-(Cook), 1:25- (Dawson), 1:25- (Fat tig) , 2:9-(Hamon), 2 : 8- (Hayes) , 1:6-
(Luginbill), 1 :l4- (Mange) , 2:8-(Navajas) , 1 :55-(lTicolle) , 1:26 & 1:34-
(Ritcher), 2:7&-(Robinson) , 2:9-(Theodorides) .
Suborder POLYPHAGA
Superfam. Lymexylonoidea
33. Lymexylonidae (Lymexylidae)
34 . Micro mal t hi dae
35. Telegeusidae
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Sup erf am. Lanrpyroidea
[Drilidae ]
36. Lycidae
Revising the Lycidae of U.S. and Canada. Will determine this group.
Would like to receive material from the U.S. and Canada of the genus
Plateros . I can offer U.S. Coleoptera in exchange. J. W. Green.
Also : 1:92; 1 :5-(Green) .
[Karumiidae]
37* Lainpyridae . See ; 1:33- (McDermott) f 1 :5-(Green) .
38. Cantharidae (Telephoridae) . See : 1:89; 1 : 5- (Pender) , 2: 50-(McKey-Fender) .
39. Phengodidae
Super f am. Meloidea
40 . Meloidae
Desire material of Meloidae from any part of the world. Can offer local
material in exchange. Dr. Edwin P. Meiners. Also : 1:92; l:5-(Enns),
1:35 & 1 : 55- (Werner ) .
[Trictenotomidae]
41 . Rhipiphoridae
42. Stylopidae
Superfam. Mordelloidea
43. Mordellidae
Superfam. Tenebrionoidea
44. Tenehrionidae
45. Lagriidae
[Nilionidae ]
46. Pyrochroidae
47 . Pythidae
I am revising the Pythidae. I would like to receive any material of
this family. T. J. Spilman.
[Tretothoracidae]
48. Oedemeridae
Am revising the Oedemeridae of the world. Will determine any lot from
any area. Desire to borrow specimens of Oedemeridae for revisional pur¬
poses. Will exchange for Oedemeridae or other Tenebrionoidea specimens
in all families from N. A., Venezuela, C.Z., Pacific Islands, India &
Turkey. Ross H. Arnett, Jr. Also : 1:93; 1:3. 1:24, 1:31,1:54,1:85,2:8,2:20,
2:30, 2:40,2:60,2:70, & 2:7&-(Arnett) .
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49. Pedilidae. See: 1:93; l:l4-(duBois) .
50. Serropalpidae (Melandryidae) (Incl. Scraptiidae)
51. Alleculidae (Cistelidae)
52. Eugl enidae (Xylophilidae, Aderidae, Eylophilidae)
53 • C ephalo i dae
54. Monommidae
55. Anthicidae. _See; 1:89; 1 : 26- (Hagen) .
56. Eurystethidae (Aegialitidae)
57* Othniidae
[Petriidae J
[Cossyphodidae j
[ Jacobsonidae ]
Sup erf am. Dascilloi&ea
5S. Dascillidae
b'ill determine Australian Dascillidae. Can offer Australian beetles for
Helodidae especially. Jack V. T. Armstrong.
59- Ptilodactylidae
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60. Eelodidae (Cyphonidae)
Eill determine Australian Eelodidae. Can offer Australian beetles for
Helodidae especially. Jack \J. T. Armstrong.
61. Eucinetidae
6p. Melyridae (Malachiidae)
Revising the genus At talus (Malachiidae). I will determine Malachiidae.
Mould like to receive IT. American Attains, Temnosophus, Attalusinus,
ohaetoco elus , Chae tocoelus of Malachiidae. I can offer material of nearly
all families of IT. American Coleoptera in exchange. M. Y.. Marshall.
Also : 1:92; 1:6 & 1 : 33- (Marshall) . " ”
[Kelotidae ]
Superfam. Byrrhoidea
63. Byrrhidae
64. Chelonariidae
65.
Limnichidae
66. I'osodendridae
67. Heteroceridae
Superfam. Dryopoidea
6S. Elmidae (Helmidae)
69. Dryopidae (Parnidae)
70.
Psephenidae
71. G-eoryssidae
72. BracEypsectridae
[ Cya tho c e r ida e ]
Superfam. Elateroidea
73* Cerophytidae
76. Khipiceridae
74. Cebrionidae
75.
Sandal i dae
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77. Elateridae (Incl. Plastoceridae) [Cavicoxumidae" Agraeus Cand. not F.A.]
I would like to receive material particularly from England of the genus
Agriotes (Elateridae) including larvae. I can offer material of forest
and soil insects of Washington in exchange. Edward W. Jones
Would like to receive material of Elateridae (larvae and adults). Can
offer Elateridae in exchange. V/ alter M. Kulash
Revising the genus Limonius (Elateridae). Will determine Elateridae, hut
only small lots for essential research or specialists. Would like to
receive material particularly from 1T. A., rarer species of Elateridae.
I can offer material of this group in exchange. H. C. Lane
I would like to receive material particularly from Eastern, Southern, and
Central U. S. and Canada of the subfamily Cardiophorinae of the family
Elateridae. I can offer material from the Pacific Northwest in exchange.
Horace Lanchester.
Also: 1:3- (Baker) , 1:5- (Jones), 1 : 7- (Thomas) , 1 :l4-(Knull) , 1 : 24- (Brown) .
7S. Eucnemidae (Melasidae)
79. Perothopidae
SO. Throscidae (Trixagidae)
81. Buprestidae
I would like to receive material particularly from E. i:. America of
Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. A. E. Brower
I will determine IT. A. Cleridae and Buprestidae. I would like to receive
material particularly from Central America, ilex., and Southwestern U.S.
of Cymatodera. I can offer material of IT. A. Coleoptera especially from
California and Idaho in exchange. William F. Barr.
Will determine Buprestidae. George 3. Togt.
Also: 1:89: l:3-(Beer), l:3-(Barr), 1 :4-(3ottimer) , 1 *6-(MacAndrews) ,
Hl4-(Knuli), l:15-(White) , 1 : 26- (Hardy) , 1 : 27- ( Summerville) , 1:32-
(Helfer), 1 :54-(Barr) , 1 :55-(Harlick) , 2:S-(3rower) , 2:S-(Hayes), 2:30-
(Beer) .
Super f am. Cleroidea
82. Cleridae (Incl. Corynetidae as Korynetinae)
Revising Cymatodera (Cleridae). I will determine North American Cleridae
and Buprestidae. I would like to receive material particularly from
Central America and Mexico, and Southwestern U.S. of Cymatodera. I can
offer material of forth American Coleoptera, especially from California
and Idaho in exchange. William E. Barr.
Also: 1:91; l:3-(3arr), l:5-(Dybas), 1 :31-(Corporall) , l:54-(Barr).
84. Ostomidae (Trogosit idae, Ostomatidae, Temnochilidae)
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84. Dermestidae (Incl. Byturidae)
Vill determine Australian Dermestidae . Can offer Australian beetles
for Eelodidae especially. Jack hr. T. Armstrong.
Superfan. lTi tiduloidea
[Thorict idae ]
85. Monotomidae (Monotomatidae)
86. 1'itidulidae
1’itidulidae of the world desired. Will determine 1’itidulidae. Exchange
other Coleoptera for Eitidulidae . Lorin R. C-illogly. Also : 1:92; l:l4
-(Gillogly), 1 :31-(3aston) . :
Super fan. Cucujoidea
87* Rhizophagidae 88. Cucujidae (Incl. Scalidiidae)
89. Henipeplidae 90. Biphyllidae 91. Languriidae
92. Cryptophagidae 93. Phalacridae 94. Orthoperidae ( Corylophidae)
95. Lathridiidae 96 ♦ Derodontidae [nculognathidae]
Sup erf an. Colydioidea
97. Colydiidae (Incl. Murmidiidae) 9S. Mycetophagidae
[Biscolonidae J
Super fan. Bostrichoidea
99. Cisidae (Ciidae, Cicidae) 100. Bostrichidae (incl. Psoidae)
101. Lyctidae
102* Ptinidae. See ; 2 :30-(lClapperich) .
103* G-nostidae
[Ectrephidae J 104. Anohiidae 105 . Sphindidae
Superfan. Coccinelloidea
106. Endonychidae. See : 1 :26-(Strohecker) , 1:91 •
107. Mycetaeidae. See ; 1 :26-( Strohecker) , 1:91.
108. Coccinellidae
I will determine Eearctic Coccinellidae. Trm. C. Stehr.
Also: 1:91; 1 :4-(Dieke) , 1 j 25- (Burry) , 1 :32-(Kalkin) , ~2:3-(Dieke) .
109 • Erotylidae
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Superfam. Phytophago5.de a
110. C erambyc i dae
Revising Prioninae of Africa, also a number of small revisions in the
Lamiinae. Will determine Ceramhycidae (esp. Lamiinae) , Batocerini,
Monachamini, etc. etc. Would like material particularly from Africa,
East Indies, Par East: Sanshir Isis, of any groups. Can offer material
of Ceramhycidae or almost any family of Coleoptera. E. P, G-ilmour, F.R.E.S.
I would like to receive material particularly from Eastern Worth America
of Buprestidae and Ceramhycidae. I can offer material of Maine forest
and other Coleoptera in exchange. A. E. Brower.
Also; 1:90; 1 ;4-(Dillon) , l;4-(Dreisbach) , l:5-(Enns), 1 :6- (MacAn&rews) ,
l:8-( Valentine), 1 :l4-(Knull) , 1 :26-(Hardy) , 1 :26-(Strohecker) , 1:27-
( Summerville) , 1 :31- (Dillon) , 1 :32-(Gressitt) , 1 :32-(Gilmour) , 1 : 33- (Monro s) ,
2:8-{Eayes), 2 :8- (Brower) , 2:9-(Hamon) .
111. Chrysomelidae
I will determine specimens of Chrysomelidae. Dr. Albert R. Mead.
Revising the flea beetle genus Haltica (Chrysomelidae) . Will determine
all Halticinae. Can offer material of named il. A. flea beetles for
exchnage . Louis G-. Centner.
Will determine Donaciini (Chrysomelidae). Desire material particularly
from the south, middle and far west, U.S. of all species of Donaciini.
Can offer material of coleoptera generally. Edward J. P. Marx.
Revising Iscadida, and French ChrysomeloiGea. Will determine Chrysomel-
oidea of the world. Would like material particularly from Latin America.
Can offer European material in exchange. Pierre Jolivet.
A1 so : 1:90; l:5-(Enns), l:6-(Ma*rx), l;7-(Smith), l:7-(Gentner) , l:7-(Smith),
1 :8-(Wilcox) , 1 :13-( Casselberry) , 1 :15-(* *hite) , 1:15- (Marx), 1 : 24- (Brown) ,
1 :25-(Pattig) , 1 :32-(Jolivet) , 1 :32-(Cressitt) , 1 :3^-(Stirrett) , 2;9-(Hamon).
112. Mylabridae (Bruchidae, Acanthoscelidae)
See; 1:G9; 1 :13-(Sottimer) , l:15-(White), 1:24, 1 :31-(Bottimer) , 1:31-
iBondar) , 1:54 & 1 :&5-(3ottimer) •
113* Brentidae (Brenthidae)
114. Anthribidae (Platystomidae , Choragidae)
Am gathering material for a revision of Anthribidae. Will determine H.
A. Anthribidae. Would like to receive material from the world of Anthribidae.
Can offer material of almost all families of Coleoptera from the Solomon
Islands. Barry D. Valentine. Also; 1;S, 1:£>5» 2:20, & 2 :30-( Valent ine) .
[proterrhinidae]
103
December 1948
115. Curculionidae (Incl. Rhynchophoridae)
Revising the genus Calendra (was Sphenophorous) , Curculionidae. I will
determine Languriidae. X would like to receive material particularly from
western U.S. and Central America of Calendra, and Languriidae. I can offer
in exchange, local Coleoptera and from So. Carolina. Mrs. Patricia Vaurie.
T *
Revising the Curculionid genera: Dyslobus, • and il. Amer. Ciniberinae. I will
determine Dyalobus, Cimberis, Diodyrhynchus, Cimbocera, Paracimbocera,
Miloderoides, Miloderes, Cryptolepidus in the Curculionidae. I would like
to receive material particularly from the Rocky Mountains, both adults
and larvae of Dyslobus. I can offer material of species of Eupagoderes
and Dyslobus from Western states and selected species for exchange in
various other genera of Rhyn chop ho r a . . Peter C. Ting.
Also : 1:91; 1:3- (Biss ell) , l:31-(Bondar) , 1:34- (Ting), 1 :85-(3ondar) •
116. Belidae
117 . Pletypodidae
118. Scolytidae (Ipidae)
Will determine Carphoborus (Scolytidae). Mould like material particularly
from the Western Hemisphere. Can offer material of Western U.S. Scolytidae
and other great Basin Coleoptera. Stephen L. TTood
Doing revisional studies on Ips . Will determine Scolytidae. Would like
to receive material particularly from Worth America and the world
associated adults and larvae of Scolytidae in liquid preservative. Host
labeled. Determination not necessary, but welcome. Can offer material
of v/estern U.S. Scolytidae or arrange collection of other groups.
(Some Cerambycidae and Buprestidae on Hand)* T. 0. Thatcher
Also : l:93t 1 :6-(MacAndrews) , 1:7* & 1 : 27- (Thatcher) , 1 :35“(T-r°0&) *
LIST OP UA1.ES AMD ADDRESSES PUBLISHED I IT VOLUMES I A II
Araujo, R. L. , P.0. Box 119-A, Sao Paulo, BRASIL
Armstrong, Jack W. T., Callubri, Uyngan, N.S.W., Australia.
Arnett, Ross E.f*Ir., 2826 IT. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Va.
Baker, Hames E., 2800 Broadway, Baker, Oregon
Balazuc, J., l6 Avenue de Lowendal, Paris 15. FRANCE
Balfour-Browne, J., British Museum (Natural History), London S,W. 7.1 ENGLAND
Ball, George E., Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.Y.
Ballou, Charles A., Jr., Lovell St., Lincolndale, U.Y.
B&nniger, M., Ludvigstr. 73» ( lb) Giessen, GERMANY
Barber, H. S., U. S. National Museum, Washington 25. D.C.
Barr, William F., Department of Entomology, University of Idaho,, Moscow, Ida.
Beer, Frank M. , Botany Department, Oregon State College., Corvallis, Ore.
Benesh, Bernard, P.0. Box no. 159 » North Chicago, Ill.
Benick, G. , Kohlmarkt., (24a) L&beck, GERMANY
Benick, L., Viktoriastr. 7, (24a) Ldbeck, GERMANY
Bissell, Theodore L., Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment, Ga.
Bliss, Raymond Q,. , Zoological Lab, Univ. of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia 4, Pa.
Bondar, Gregorio, Coqueiros do Furol 58, Bahia, BRAZIL
3ottimer, L. J., Box 722, Kerrville, Texas
Bower, A. E. , 5 Hospital St., Augusta, Maine.
io4
Col. Bui., Vol. II, No. 10
Bridwell, L. K . , Box 44, Forest "burg, Texas.
Britton, E, 3., British Museum (Natural Hist.), London, S.W. 7> ENGLAIT)
Brown, W. J., Division of Entomology, Science Service, Ottawa, Canada
Bryant, G. E. , British Museum (Natural Hist.)* London S.W. 7« ENGLAND
Cartwright, 0. L., Room 3^3» U.S. National Museum, Washington 25, D.C.
Casselberry, R. C., 55 Edgmont Rd., Scarsdale, N.Y.
Chandler, Harry P., Entomology Department, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Cal.
Chapin, Edvard A. , Curator of Insects, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
Chopard, L., 45 bis Rue de Buffon, Paris 7, PRANCE
Chou, Io, Institutum Entomologicum Choui, Chang- Chi a-Kang, Shensei, CHINA
Coher, Edward I., 12 Harvard Terr., Allston 34, Mass.
Colas, G., 45 bis Rue de 3uffon, Paris V, Prance
Cook, Carl, Crailhope, Kentucky
Corporaal, J.B., Zoological Mus . , Ent. Div., Zeeburgerdi jh 21, Amsterdam 0;
Crabill, Ralph, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Dahl, Richard G., 3^33 Arizona St., Oakland 2, Calif.
Darlington, P. J. , Jr., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.
Dawson, R. N. , Dept, of Zoology, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis l4, Minn.
Debatisse, G. M., rue de Niliet, Motte-Wandre, Liege, BELGIUM
DeLisle, M. , Ing. en Chef des Trav. Public, Sant-Louis, Senegal, AGP (AFRICA)
Dewailly, P., 45 bis rue de Buffon, Paris V, Prance
Dewailly, M., 45 bis rue de Buffon, Paris V, Prance.
Dibb, John R., F.R.S.S., The Cottage, Plantation Rd., Wollahon, Nottingham, ENG.
Dieke, G. K., 1101 Argonne Dr., Baltimore, MG.
Dietrich, Henry, Comstock Hall, Ithaca, N.Y.
Dillon, L. S., Agr. & Mech. College of Texas, Dept, of Biol., College Stat. TEX
Downie, N. M., Washington State College, Pullman, Wash.
Dreisbach, Robert R., 301 Helen St., Midland, Mich.
du3ois, John J., 205 Wayside Drive, Turlock, California
Duffy, E. A. J., British Museum (Natural History), London S.W. 7» ENGLAND
Duncan, J. Bruce, 27&2 Rollingwood Dr., Richmond, California
Dybas, Henry S., Div. of Insects, Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus., Chicago 5» Ill.
Easton, Alan M. , Roadside Cottage, Lower Road, Great Booksham, Surrey, ENG J
Easton, Norman S., 458 High St., Fall River, Mass.
Enns, Wilbur R., Dept, of Ent., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Ermisch, Karl, Lehrer, Haus nr. 84, (10) Sohl fiber Adorf, Yogtland, GERMANY
Everly, Ray T., 4299 Yr. High St., Columbus 2, Ohio
Evers, H., Dfirerstr. 13, (22) Krefeld, GERMANY
Fattig, P. W., Box 788, Emory University, Ga.
Pender, Kenneth M., Route 3» McMinnville, Oregon
Ferguson, William E., 6l80 Moraga Ave., 0 ale land 11, Calif.
Fernand, Barthe M. , 8 rue Hubert Giraud 8, Mirames, (3d R) , FRANCE
Pitch, Richard John, Rivercourse P.O., via Lloydminster, Sask., CANADA
Furry, Prank W., 1&33 Virginia Ave., Glendale 2, Calif.
Gamier, G., 45 bis rue de Buffon, Paris V, PRANCE
Genest, Lucien Charles, 12 rue Bernard, Bourg (Ain), PRANCE
Gentner, Louis G., 22 Groveland Ave., Medford, Oregon
Gillogly, LorinR., 5462 l4thAve., Sacramento 17, Calif.
Gilmour, E. P., P.R.E.S., "East View", Milnsbriase, Huppersf ield, Yorkshire, ENG
Goecke, H. , von Beckeralhplatz 9> (22) Krefeld, Germany
Green, J. W., R.D. 2, Easton, Pa.
Gressitt, J.^insley, Lingnan University, Canton, China.
Guppy, Richard, R.R. no. 1, Wellington, 3.C., Canada
Gutierrez, R. , Sector 47, San Diego 46o, Santiago, Chile.
Hafez, M. , Foud I University, Abbassia, Cairo, EGYPT
Hagen, Kenneth S. , Div. of Biol. Control, Univ. of Calif., 1050 San Pablo Ave.
Albany 6, Calif.
December 1948
105
Hamon, Jacoues H. , Villa Ariel, rue A. Braind, Orsay, S.et 0., FRAHCS
Eardy, George A., Office Provincial Museum , Victoria, B.C., CAUADA
Harlick, Robert, 831 - 3^ Ave., San Francisco 21, Calif.
Hatch, Melville H., Department of Zoology, University of Mash., Seattle 5* Vash.
Kayes, Joseph 3., 1905 V * Pulaski Rd., Chicago 39 » HI*
Heifer, J. R., Mendocino, Calif...
Hendrichs, Jorge, Gelati 3S* Tacuhaya, D. P. , MEXICO
Kicks, Stanton, Div. Systematic Ent., Science Service, Ottawa, Ont., CAR.
Hinton, K. E., British Museum (Eat. Hist.), London S.V. 7> EHGLAi'T)
Janvrin, Edmund R. P., 33 East 85th St., Hew York 28, H.Y.
Jaroslav, M. R. G. , Benesova 56, Pilzen, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Jarrige, J., 45 his, Rue de Buffon, Paris V, France
Jolivet, Pierre, 6 rue de Balzac, Franconville, S. et 0., FRANCE
Jones, Edward. V. , 9^1 Boyer Ave., Valla Valla, Vash.
Kapur, A. P., British Museum (Hat. Hist.), London S.V. 7, EH GLAZ'D
King, Vilbur L., 503 Main St., Bethlehem, Pa.
Klapperich, H. , Kaiserstr. 229» Bonn, GERMA1T
Knull, Joseph IT., Dept. Zoology & Ent., Ohio State Univ. , Columbus, Ohio.
Kulash, Valter M. , Dept. Zool. & Ent., E.C. State College, Raleigh, E.C.
Lanchester, Horace, College Place, ’’ash.
Lane, Merton C. ,. P.0. Box 6l6, Valla Valla, "'.’ash.
Larsen, E. B., Universitetct s Zoologishe Mas. Copenjiague, DEEMARK
Last, A., 12 Vink worth Rd., Banstead, Surrey, EHC-LAED
Lechanteur, Francis, Institut de Zoologie, 22 quai vanBeneden, Liege, BELGIUM
Leech, Hugh 3., Cur. of Coleoptera, Calif. Acad. Sciences, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco IS, Calif.
Legros, E. , 45 bis, B.ue de Buffon, Paris V, FPAI'TCE
Lugnibill, Philip, Box 490, Lafayette, Ind.
MacAndrews, A. E., il.Y.S. College of Forestry, Syracuse 10, 2T.Y.
MacIntyre, Villiam Clark, Cojimies, Manabi, ECUADOR
McDermott, F. A., 815 V. 3^nd St., 1‘ilmington, Del.
McKey-Fender , Dorothy, Mrs., Route 3» McMinnville, Oregon.
Mackenzie, G. P., 1284 Sherwood Road, San Marino 9» Calif.
Maehler, Kenneth L., U.S. Dept. Agr., P.0. Box 3*4) S., Honolulu, T.E.
Malkin, Borvs, ■ niversity of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Mange, Emerson ’ ., 307 Vest T"alnut St., Hanover, Pa.
Marshall, Sir Guy A. K., British Museum (Hat. Hist.) London S.V. 7, EHGLAHD
Marshall, M. Y.t Veterans Adminstrat ion, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Mar;:, Edward J. F. , 115 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, 1T.J.
Ma.ulik, S. , British Museum (Hat. Hist.), London S.V. 7» EHGLAUD
Mead, Albert R. , Dept, of Zoology, Univ. of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona.
Meiners, Edwin P., 6651 Enright Ave., St. Louis 5, Mo.
Monros, Francisco, Calle Bolivar 1.484, dt. E., Buenos Aires, ARGE1TIHA
Mouchamps, Raymond, rue Paul Janson 29, Hcrstal, BELGIUM
Mouchet, J., 90 rue de Martyrs, Paris 18, FRu.-ii.~CE
Eathan, P. Susai, Xurumbagaram P . 0 . , via Karikal, Tanjore Dist., South India
Hava.jas, Eduardo, Instituto Biologico, Caixa Postal 119-A, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Hegre, J., 45 bis Rue de Buffon, Paris V, FRAUCE
Hicolle, Henri, Ing. E.C.P., Saint-Blaise paer Mantieramey, Aube, FRAUCS
Ouellet, Brother Joseph, C.S.V., 7^00 Boul. St. Laurent, Montreal l4, CAIT .
Padron, Agustin Gonzales, Primo Rivera, 23, Santa Cruz de Teneufe, Canarias,
Spain.
Paulian, R. , Institut de Recherch.es Scient., Tananarive-Tsimbazaza, MADAGASCAR
Pearce, Rev. E. J., Priory of St. Teilo, Church Terrace, Roath, Cardiff,
S. Vales, EHGLAED
Penn, George E., Dept, of Zoology, Tulane University, Hew Orleans, La.
Pichford, Grace E. , Bingham Oceonographic Lab., Yale Univ., Hew Haven, Conn.
Col. Bui., Vol. II, no. 10
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Reinach, 0., Pres. ass. Agr. Mat. de Cote d’Ivoire, Tiassale, Cote d’
Ivoire, French West Africa.
Ritcher, Paul C., Kentucky Agr. Exp. St., Lexington, Ky.
Robinson, hark, 47 School Lane, Springfield, Del. Co., Pa.
Rosenberg, William, 210 St. Francis St., Mobile, Alabama
Ruter, G. 45 bis Rue 'de Ruffon, Paris V, France ’
Banders, Robert R. , 1539 East Howard, Pasadena &, Calif.
Schedl, E., Landesforslinspektion fur Steiermark, Wonnen-Waldstat ion,
Wildalnen, Obersteiermak, Austria.
Schuh, Joe, Box 101, Gresham, Oregon
Scott, F. 1 . , Box 1149, Visalia, Calif.
Scott, E. , F.R.S. , 3ritish Museum (Fat. Hist.), London S.W. 7* England
Seevers, Charles H., Roosevelt College, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5> Ill*
S \ith, Ray Fred, 112 Agriculture Hall, Univ. of California, Berkeley 4, C&lif.
Smyth, E. Graywood, Los Angeles Cty. Museum, Exposition Pk., Los Angeles 7» Cal.
Spilman, T. J., Dept, of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1T.Y*
Stelir, Wm. C., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Stirrett, Geo. M., Dominion Ent, Lab., Chatham, Ont., CAHADA
Strohecker, H. F. , University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Summerville, Bruce, 211 Kenilworth' St'., Memphis, Tenn.
Thatcher, T. 0., Entomology Department, Colorado A. & M. College, Fort
Collins, Colo.
Theodorides, Jean,’ Hus. Rational d’Hist. Mat., Ent. Agricole Coloniale,
57 » Rue Cuvier, Paris V, FRAFCE
Thomas, Charles a., Cedercroft Rd. , Kennett Souare, Pa.
Ting, Peter C., State Office Bldg. no. 1, Dept, of Agr., Sacramento l4, Cal.
Tov/nshend, Henry K,, 35 Eillhouse Ave., Mew Haven 11, Conn.
Valentine, Barry D., Department of Biolo y, University of Alabama, University Ale
vanDoesburg, P. K., Jr., Ceintuurbaan 2, Deventer, KCLLAWD
vanHoegaerden A., 74 Rue G. vanLaethem, Evere-Bruxelles, BELGIUM
Vaurie, Mrs. Patricia, Amer. Kus. Mat. Hist., 79th St. & Central Park V.r., 1T.Y.C.
Vezensky, Ing. R. , 31 Benesh Ave., Filzen, Czechoslovakia.
Villiers, A, Section d’Entomologie, I.F.A.W. , Dakar (Senegal), A.O.F. (AFRICA)
Vogt, George 3., University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
Voss, Eduard, Ing., Kolonie Staliner nr. 1, Oesede-Gsnabrdck, Post
Georgsmarienhutte, GERi-iAMY
Wagner, Hans, Uilhelmstr. 50, Berlin-Lichtenberg, GERMAMY
Ueirather, Leo, Innsbruck, Kungerburg, Mullerstrasse l4, Tirol, AUSTRIA
Weitz, Loyal a., S.-2315 Madison St., Spokane 9» Wash.
Uenzel, Rupert L., Division of Insects, Chicago Mat. Hist. Mus., Chicago 5f Ill*
Uerner , Floyd, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge 3&» Mass.
White, Burdette E., 703 23rd St., Merced, Calif.
Wilcox, John a. , La C-range, Ohio
Williams, Eliot C., Jr., The Chicago Academy of Science, 2001 M. Clark St.,
Chicago 14, Ill.
Wolfrum, P., Rtftterstr. 11, Ohrdruf ( Th&r ingen) , GERMANY
Wood, Stephen L., River Heights, Logan, Uthh.
IMDEX TO VOLUME II
Active Coleopterist s . . . . . . • . 26
Addresses . . . . 103
Additions to ’’List of Determines and Revisors" . . . S
Arnett, R. E., Jr.
A preliminary key . .genera. . Oedemeridae. .world. . . . 13
Biography of Auguste Dejean . 15
Biography of Fredrich Ernest Melsheiraer . 27
December 1948
107
Editorial . 1
194S list of determiners and revisors and exchange notices. 94
Xestipyge geminatum (LeC.) on a shrew . 2
Austrian Coleopterists . . . . 23
Beer, Frank M. , Vinter Collecting of Coleoptera . 24
Beetle Ecology (1) . • . . . 73
Beetle Ecology (2) . . * . 79
Biography of Auguste Be jean . . 15
3iography of Friedrich Ernest Melsheimer . 27
Book notice . ■ . . 65
Carabidae. . .Olympic Mountains . 51
Chamberlain, K. F., Collection . 89
Chapin, E. A. , Totes on the genus Palorus (Tenebrionidae) . 52
" Comp 1 eat " Taxonomist . 71
Coleopterists, German . 67
Coleopterorum Catalogus . 34
Collecting . 31
Collecting larvae . 66
Collection, Chamberlain . 89
Collections, German . 67
Collector of Tropical Insects . CO
Corrections . . 35
Corrections and additions to "Some record . Van. Island" . 75
Deaths . 25
Death Totice . . . 46, CS
Determiners . • . 94
Dibb, J.R.
Beetle Ecology (l) . 73
Beetle Ecology (2) . • . 79
The Eco-Taxonomic Appr. to the study of beetles . 6l
Dietrich, H., Th& K. F. Chamberlain Collection of Coleoptera.. . S9
Distribution. .... Lucaniaae . 43
Eco-Taxonomic Approach to the study of beetles . 6l
Editorial . .•.•.» . 1
Editor's .Section . . . IS, 29, 39» 60, 70» 7S
Enns, V. R., Special offer to foreign Coleopterists . 7
Exchange notices . 94
FifTth Supplement. . . . . . 74
French Col-.opterology, . 4l
Froast, C. A., Kenyon Field Chamberlain . . . . 35
German Coleopterists..- . 23
German Coleopterists and collections . . . . 67
Guppy, Richard
A list of - Coleoptera . 21
Corrections and additions to "Some record. ... Island" . 75
note's on the life history of Di.tylus quadricollis . . . 33
Guia de Taturalistas Sudamericanos . . 72
Hatch, K. E.
Carabidae from the Olympic Mountains . 51
Collecting . . . .Vashington . 45
The "Compleat" Taxonomist . . .... . 71
Study. .color pattern. . other intraspecidic var. .coleoptera. . 3
A syst. index to key & catalogues col. in L'Abeille . SI
Vhy Locality Labels?..'. . 76
Hemming, Francis, Tmnort. Adv. Z'ool. Tomen. 13th Inter. Cong. Zool... 54
Hincks, T. D.r Coleopterorum Catalogus . 34
Host record . 75
Col . Bui . , Vol . II , ITo . 10
10 S
Important announcement . ^
Important Notice . »••• . 50
Important ... International Congress of Zoology . 54
Institutum Entomologicun Choui .
International Congress of Zoology . 54
35
10
Kenyon Field Chamberlain .
Keys to species .
Klapperich, K. ■ : ■■■ '
Deaths reported by . 55
rotes about German and Austrian Coleopterists . 23
Notes about German and Austrian Coelopt ersits and Collect.. 67
L1 Abe ill e, systematic index to. .
Leech, H. B.,
Collecting larvae of two species of Ditylus . 6b
* Host records for Calopus angustus LeC . . 75
Ralph Hopping Collection now in Calif. Acad. Sciences . 06
Les Insects' des Palmiers, Review . 17
Life History. . . 33
List of Coleoptera collected near Lagoon Head, Wellington, Y.I . 21
List (194s) of determiners and revisors and exchange notices . 94
List of names and addresses appearing in volumes I and II . 103
Local i tv label s , why? . . . . * . . 76
Luginbill, Philip, methods of collecting & Pres. Hay beetles . 31
McKey-Fender, Dorothy, Dist. on certain Lucanidae . 43
Methods . - . . . 31
Hamas ....... . 1^3
44
54
News .
notes. . .Palorus (Tenebrionidae) . . .
Notices. ^ . . . 6, 20, 30, 4o, 50, 60, 70, 76
On collecting beetles in Washington . 45
Paulian, R. , Wliy and wherefore of French coleopterology . 4l
Prelimnary key to. .. . . 13
Preserving . 31
Punching for binding . 1^
Ralph Hopping collection. ........ . 56
Recent literature . 10, 17* 20, 36, 47, 57 » 6S, 7°» 69, 93
Revi ew . . . . . . .. . . . . 17
Revisors . 9^
Society of Systematic Zoologists . 49
Special offer, 4. R. ^nns . 7
Strohecker, H.?., "Lqs Calosones” - A review . 12
Study of color pattern... intraspecific variation, M.H.Hatch . 3
Systematic index. . .L’Abeille . 61
Technique for orienting beetle genitalia for illustration..... . 11
Theodor ides, J.
Active Coleopterists .
List . 9
Werner, F. G., A technique for orient! ng beetle genitalia for ill.... 11
Why and Wherefore of French Coleopterology . 4l
Why locality labels? . 7°
Winter collecting . 24
Xestipyge geminatum (LeC.) on a shrew . 2
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